X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [66.94.81.250] (account marv@lancaironline.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro WebUser 5.0c1) with HTTP id 681416 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 25 Aug 2005 09:39:21 -0400 From: "Marvin Kaye" Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Single Pilot IFR To: lml X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro WebUser v5.0c1 Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 09:39:21 -0400 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Posted for "Dennis Shy" : Jeff I know you take some heat here from some of our fellow pilots ...but I have to tell you .....you are one of the posters here that I pay close attention too ...My Legacy is not done yet ...getting closer though .....but every time I see someone go down my heart skips a beat or 2 ...i start to wonder ...is it the planes ? Are there inherent problems with the Lancair ? But then I try my best to evaluate what is public knowledge about what went wrong ....it just doesn't seem to be the plane ...so I sit back and listen to the arguments and try my best to piece together what I NEED to do to make sure I am not a stat .....and a lot of your post are right on ....you force me to look in the mirror ...i know I don't train enough ...am I current with my IFR ...sure ....am I competant .....probably .....am I 100% safe ...probably not ...i have no problem flying the system ...but I don't fly for a living so I don't push my IFR skills like I probably should ...or maybe I shouldn't ? ....but its tough to get the pimply faced 20 year old guy building time to fly a lot of actual ....which as you know in the midwest we have plenty of ........my big wonder is how a builder builds any time in our planes to be a good quilified safe pilot PRIOR to us finishing ? .....lancair is in oregon ...i am in St Louis ....how does one get some Initial training without the plane ? .....Insurance wants 15 hours Before Solo .....is this enough in YHO ....i am sure everyone is different ...but they has to be some kind of standard ....would be nice to get one of these seminars in the Midwest .......just a thought from someone that doesn't want to be read about because I couldn't get the training I want .... Dennis Shy World Press 810 Horan Drive Fenton MO 63026 PH:636-343-1167 FX:636-343-0966