X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:04:45 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: <2thman@cablespeed.com> Received: from [209.55.3.216] (HELO mailout06.server.ibbs.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.4) with ESMTPS id 4169714 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:39:25 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.55.3.216; envelope-from=2thman@cablespeed.com Received: from ex-relay-out02.server.ibbs.com ([10.1.200.81] helo=ex-relay-out02.server.ibssonline.com) by mailout06.server.ibbs.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from <2thman@cablespeed.com>) id 1Ns4e3-0006UY-Mj for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:35:31 -0700 Received: from [66.235.49.247] (helo=JDB) by ex-relay-out02.server.ibssonline.com with ESMTP (eXpurgate 3.1.2) (envelope-from <2thman@cablespeed.com>) id 4ba19168-5406-42eb31f70bd0-1 for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:35:20 -0700 From: "John Barrett" <2thman@cablespeed.com> X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: More on Ed Smith's accident X-Original-Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:38:51 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: <0ab801cac63b$c4008920$4c019b60$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0AB9_01CAC601.17A1B120" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: AcrGO8NSoRmI1zmsT5umHTZlAzvwUg== Content-Language: en-us X-purgate-ID: 152875::1268879721-00005406-DCA78BEA/0-0/0-0 X-purgate-type: clean X-purgate-size: 4798 X-purgate-Ad: Categorized by eleven eXpurgate (R) http://www.eleven.de This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0AB9_01CAC601.17A1B120 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Who on earth is this person Schiavo? Was she misquoted? It's become normal to expect comments like the turbine engine and 387 mph errors made in the reports, but the quote below is really ridiculous coming from anyone who knows anything at all about flying an aircraft with an engine out, even a slow one but especially for any Lancair. "Even with oil smeared on the windshield, Schiavo, the former NTSB official, said Smith should have been able to see through a small window on the side of the plane and possibly yell out to anyone below. Still, there may have been little time to try to avoid hitting the jogger, she said. She said Smith made the right choice in landing on the beach rather than the water. The aircraft likely wasn't carrying flotation equipment. "Planes like this sink like a rock," she said." This quote from an article on AP. Regards, John Barrett, CEO Leading Edge Composites PO Box 428 Port Hadlock, WA 98339 www.carbinge.com ------=_NextPart_000_0AB9_01CAC601.17A1B120 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Who on earth is this person Schiavo? Was she misquoted? It’s become normal to expect comments like the = turbine engine and 387 mph errors made in the reports, but the quote below is = really ridiculous coming from anyone who knows anything at all about flying an aircraft with an engine out, even a slow one but especially for = any Lancair.

“Even with oil smeared on the windshield, Schiavo, the former = NTSB official, said Smith should have been able to see through a small window = on the side of the plane and possibly yell out to anyone below. Still, there = may have been little time to try to avoid hitting the jogger, she = said.

She said Smith made the right choice in landing on the beach rather = than the water. The aircraft likely wasn't carrying flotation = equipment.

"Planes like this sink like a rock," she = said.”

This quote from an article on AP.

Regards,

John Barrett, CEO

Leading Edge Composites

PO Box 428

Port Hadlock, WA 98339

www.carbinge.com

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