Ten folks have pointed out that there is no official EAA policy which prefers "certified" aircraft over experimentals. I'm just telling you what I was told by one of my local chaper officers. I volunteered to fly Young Eagles and was told that there were plenty of guys flying them in spam cans, and that the "national office" discouraged the use of experimentals flying Young Eagles.
Somebody pointed out that didn't make sense, considering EAA stands for "Experimental", but my guess is what they'd really hate to see would be an experimental plane killing a 12 year old on the Nightly News. Y'all can keep telling me what the official policy is, and you are absolutely correct....I'm just conveying what I was told. It may be the fabrication and opinion of one guy, but that's what I was told, and I don't fly Young Eagles as a result of it... Mark Langford N56ML "at" hiwaay.net website at http://www.N56ML.com
