Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 10:51:05 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from wind.imbris.com ([216.18.130.7] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.1) with ESMTP id 408686 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 10:45:47 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=216.18.130.7; envelope-from=brent@regandesigns.com Received: from regandesigns.com (wireless-216-18-135-19.imbris.com [216.18.135.19]) (authenticated) by wind.imbris.com (8.11.7/8.11.6-auth) with ESMTP id i8DElax37899 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 07:47:36 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-Message-ID: <4145B271.3030009@regandesigns.com> Disposition-Notification-To: Brent Regan X-Original-Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 07:45:05 -0700 From: Brent Regan User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: Re: Cuuch and an AOA Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------040007070801090902060101" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------040007070801090902060101 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Don writes: "At this point, does it matter whether he had an AOA or not?" Not to Chuck, but I doubt that he would want anyone to follow his footsteps. I used to do zoom passes too, from time time, but then I installed Jim's AOA and found out how close I was coming to stall. In truth I was a couple of tenths of a G from a smoking hole. It was quite sobering because you just don't expect to stall above 150 Kts. It is not part of your mental "things I have to worry about at cruise speed" list. Accurate information is never a bad thing. Chuck's family is in my family's prayers. Regards Brent Regan --------------040007070801090902060101 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Don writes:

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At this point, does it matter whether he had an AOA or not?"

Not to Chuck, but I doubt that he would want anyone to follow his footsteps.

I used to do zoom passes too, from time time, but then I installed Jim's AOA and found out how close I was coming to stall.  In truth I was a couple of tenths of a G from a smoking hole. It was quite sobering because you just don't expect to stall above 150 Kts. It is not part of your mental "things I have to worry about at cruise speed" list.

Accurate information is never a bad thing.

Chuck's family is in my family's prayers.

Regards
Brent Regan
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