Return-Path: Received: from [65.33.166.167] (account ) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro WebUser 4.0b7) with HTTP id 1736918 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 21:47:37 -0400 From: "Marvin Kaye" Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Need Help - Which Lancair is capable of "safe" IFR? To: lml X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro Web Mailer v.4.0b7 Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 21:47:37 -0400 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <3D891059.FE27F434@forsikring.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Posted for Yacht-Pool Danmark : Fork ya, US is cheap, thorough investigation and quality rules!!! I was in Florida coupla weeks ago, stayed at Holiday Inn and, obviously, was smart as hell! Kids ate for free and had the choice between pancakes and burgers (also for breakfast), and adults ate for only 29.95 (pasta courses only of course) including all the water we could drink! Even the ice was free!!! We even obtained a discount on our Disney tickets, we only had to buy seven time share apartments to save the 15 dollars!!! I am sorry the news about the gas-saving-carbon-eating-gizmo-thing did not reach me before I went to Florida, otherwise I would have considered cuddeling Mickey Mouses privates, provided that he would have given me a 99c discount on the gizmo, of course. Now fellas, letīs get real. The thing is, I got a really good deal on the Eiffel Tower. The tower, as you know, is painted black. Black is, as you also know, the same color as carbon fiber and therefore, according to my calculations (my grandma was a school teacher) a good conductor, which makes your investment perfectly safe!My grandmother obviously pursesses every skill and talent needed for these calculations and, of course, has taken into account that nature is completely natrural, has a stable mind and only occasionally has a bad timing. Now, jokes aside and let us get really real!!! Lancair fellas are nice people. They are good at designing aircraft too. I am not sure, though, that they are not the worlds best meteorologists and, therefore, might be better off leaving the weathery stuff to people who know about lightning. The people who know about lightning certainly do not pretend to know the least about designing aircraft anyway. I am very serious too, and, thus, have made my own calculations on the chance of surviving an attack of a 21.6 foot crocodile in a Lancair 360 (these data are not applicaple for the 320 model!) and would like a comment on anyones experience with this problem. NOW, LET US GET REALLY REALLY REAL!!! 1.) Lightning is an unpredictable size (even according to Lancair)! 2.) Flying is dangerous (even compared to eating a mushroom pizza!) 3.) Most accidents in IMC occur from spacial disorientation 4.) If anyone considers buying a share of the Eiffel Tower, buy it from me (TODAY!) to obtain the discount. I guarantee that you will not be struck by lightning whilst writing the check!!! Sincerely Tim Joergensen, Denmark P.S. Should I let the yellow and grey stone in my left pocket decide whether to buy a LNC235 or a LNC320/360 or would I be better off waiting for lightning to strike?