Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 20:13:06 -0500, KC wrote:
On 2/18/2015 4:05 PM, Stick Left-Steer Left wrote:
On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:37:57 -0500, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:07:12 -0500, wrote:
All the work needs to be done by a licensed mechanic and parts make
boat parts look like peanuts.
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Every single part has to be certified and traceable back to its place
and date of manufacture.
You can't buy 'em out behind the shed from someone's trunk at a 'plane show' in
Virginia?
Well, ****. Guess I'll have to do without.
There are a lot of very airworthy and proven "experimental" aircraft out
there. Are they held to the same standard as registered aircraft? There
is a huge rc club down by our practice track. I have seen everything
from gas and electric rc planes to manned single seat eggbeaters and
several kinds of ultra light paragliders, etc take off and fly around there.
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I'm not an expert on the regulations but I do know that experimental
aircraft are not held to the same standards. Whether they are truly
airworthy or not could be debated. I believe that John Denver died
flying an experimental aircraft, and a former neighbor of mine almost
killed himself crashing an ultra light last year. Another former
neighbor was left crippled for life after crashing a home built
(experimental) plane.
John Denver forgot to check the fuel level. We were just down Pacific
Grove and were reminded that Denver crashed near there. Was a memorial
bench in the Monarch Butterfly grove.