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Posted for rickschrameck <rickschrameck@lvcm.com>:

I had the great pleasure of attending my first Lancair fly-in last
week.  There were over forty Lancairs in attendance along with every
flying Legacy in the world,  The 2 factory planes, Daryl Greenameyers
race rocket and my new toy.

I was able to fly in formation with the factory demo plane on Thursday
so we could verify performances.  My plane seemed to have about 1/2" of
manifold pressure over the factory plane.  There was therefore some
speed differences between the planes but not much.

On Sunday I raced in the Lancair 100 mile race with a co-pilot, just for
the records I weigh 235# and my co pilot weighs about 250#.  There were
about 18 planes in the race so I started in the #7 take-off position
behind all the IV's.  We had a great time in the race and we were able
to pass one or two IV on the way to the finish.  When the results were
announced I nearly fell off my chair.  My plane went around the course
at 314 MPH, faster than all the piston driven IV's. Brent Regan was the
fastest IV at 304 MPH.

So all you Legacy builders please come next year and we will all try to
out run the IV's.  The gauntlet has been tossed. All in fun!!!

Let's race,

Rick Schrameck
N975RA

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