X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 16:59:19 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from smtpauth08.mail.atl.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.68] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0c1) with ESMTP id 683185 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 16:44:11 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.86.89.68; envelope-from=skipslater@earthlink.net DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=earthlink.net; b=SgWwDRKu8ikQtkQs3teVkPXZ4yixd/Y44cdZpyXblc8ZNL5bd6q+BE7ODs8ZYnD5; h=Received:Message-ID:Reply-To:From:To:References:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Priority:X-MSMail-Priority:X-Mailer:X-MimeOLE:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Received: from [64.134.189.183] (helo=Skip) by smtpauth08.mail.atl.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1E8l2s-0001rd-Vd for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 16:43:27 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: <000101c5aa7e$cf68cbc0$b7bd8640@Skip> Reply-To: "Skip Slater" From: "Skip Slater" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Legacy stalls X-Original-Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:54:54 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-ELNK-Trace: cbee950bdf563876c8ad50643b1069f8239a348a220c26098db8585ac0edc611c888f3434e82b01e350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 64.134.189.183 John, One correction to your post - the Columbia test pilot did not bail out because of an unrecoverable spin, he bailed because he was unable to jettison his spin chute during testing. The primary and backup releases failed, so he opened the door and jumped. I'm sure that test parameters dictate that you leave a wide margin for error, which means you deploy your spin chute pretty high up. Given more time, he may very well have been able to recover from the spin he was in. Skip Slater