A LAME is allowed to work on a glider now. Chris McDonnell
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Newton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 20 September 2004 11:12 AM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] GFA ACM > David Conway wrote: > > > What are the CASA requirements to operate outside the GFA? > > > > I understood that they required you to do everything you would otherwise do > > under the GFA anyway? > > > I'm also curious about the airworthiness side of things. GA standards > and GFA standards for airworthiness are a bit different (in particular, > the GFA approved "standard repairs" simply don't exist in the GA world, > and I doubt many LAMEs are familiar with composite structures). > > In the GFA system the ADs and ANs from the manufacturers are distributed > to registered owners by the GFA. I'm guessing you'd register direct > with the manufacturer to receive that paperwork if you were operating > under the CASA system. > > Mike B made a comment which I interpreted to mean that his glider was > recognized as a "homebuilt". I thought home-builders had to perform > at least 51% of the construction of the aircraft for that to work > within the regs. I'm curious about how that works. Does putting > the wings and tailplane on count as 51% of construction? :-) > > > - mark > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > I tried an internal modem, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > but it hurt when I walked. Mark Newton > ----- Voice: +61-4-1620-2223 ------------- Fax: +61-8-82231777 ----- > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
