Posted for "Dennis Shy" <dennisshy@worldpressprinting.com>:

 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 ....
 
 
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