X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 09:12:36 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mtaz1.mailnet.ptd.net ([204.186.29.65] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.1.5) with ESMTPS id 7927383 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 18 Aug 2015 21:46:43 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=204.186.29.65; envelope-from=liegner@ptd.net Received: from mtaz1.mailnet.ptd.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mtaz1.mailnet.ptd.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6B6071C0FD1 for ; Tue, 18 Aug 2015 21:46:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mtaz1.mailnet.ptd.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A2C41C0FC4 for ; Tue, 18 Aug 2015 21:46:07 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mtaz1.mailnet.ptd.net Received: from mtaz1.mailnet.ptd.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mtaz1.mailnet.ptd.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id tUYB3d-tWS9o for ; Tue, 18 Aug 2015 21:46:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mb4.mailnet.ptd.net (mb4.mailnet.ptd.net [204.186.29.24]) by mtaz1.mailnet.ptd.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3233F1C0F59 for ; Tue, 18 Aug 2015 21:46:07 -0400 (EDT) X-Original-Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 21:46:07 -0400 (EDT) From: jeffrey liegner X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List X-Original-Message-ID: <1081971202.23327554.1439948767084.JavaMail.zimbra@ptd.net> Subject: Search Called Off for Unresponsive Lancair Pilot (Evolution) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [76.1.246.9] X-Mailer: Zimbra 8.6.0_GA_1178 (ZimbraWebClient - SAF7.1 (Mac)/8.6.0_GA_1178) Thread-Topic: Search Called Off for Unresponsive Lancair Pilot (Evolution) Thread-Index: zcdq1cm/q0SFZi6IgPPKpaFH/E+UIw== http://www.flyingmag.com/technique/accidents/search-called-unresponsive-lancair-pilot?cmpid=enews081815&spPodID=030&spMailingID=23298169&spUserID=NDc4NjI2MTk2NwS2&spJobID=621739681&spReportId=NjIxNzM5NjgxS0 Search Called Off for Unresponsive Lancair Pilot By Stephen Pope / Published: Aug 18, 2015 Related Tags: Accidents, News, Technique Lancair Evolution Lancair Evolution file photo from 2013 Flying feature. Enlarge Photo Photo: Robert Goyer The Coast Guard has suspended its search for the pilot of a Lancair Evolution that went down in the Pacific Ocean 460 miles off the California coast Thursday night. Coast Guard aircraft and ships searched for the crash site for five hours on Friday, reporting spotting aircraft debris but no signs of the pilot. They dropped a life raft in the water near the site where the airplane went down, but the pilot was never found. At 7:40 p.m. local time on Thursday the 11th Coast Guard District received a report from the North American Aerospace Defense Command that the Lancair, which had departed from Palmdale, California, with just the pilot aboard, was not responding to communications and was flying out to sea. Pilots of F-16s that were scrambled to intercept the Lancair at 25,000 feet and reported seeing the unresponsive pilot, identified as Troy Johnson, 39, slumped over the controls.