People who fly internationally - for the same reason owner-maintained Canadian aircraft can't leave Canada. Other countries wouldn't recognize the airworthiness of such aircraft.
Really that is where GA needs to go to survive: Certificated aircraft for international and commercial flying, everything else maintained according to present experimental ameteur built rules. Does it really make aviation safer to require me to use older and more expensive parts in my Comanche, and to pay a licensed individual to build my wiring harnesses, simply because it was built by Piper? On Sun, Oct 7, 2018, 2:38 PM Mike T via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org wrote: > I think AVweb was the site that reported that the FAA was going to extend > the deadline for ADS-B, which turned out to be a hoax. I'll believe > they're scrapping the 51% rule when I read it in Flying Magazine or > Kitplanes. > > At any rate, if a factory could build experimental planes and do an end run > around all the regulations of certified planes, why would anyone (except > people carrying passengers for money) ever buy a certified plane again? > > Mike Taglieri > > On Sun, Oct 7, 2018, 3:16 PM Mike Stirewalt via KRnet < > krnet@list.krnet.org> > wrote: > > > I just read again today on Avweb that the FAA is doing away with the 51% > > rule, leaving the door open for Steve Glover to produce fully-built KR's > > and sell them as off-the-shelf airplanes - either as Experimentals or > > LSA's - I don't know enough about LSA's to say which category will be > > appropriate. The weight limit on LSA's is going from 1320 or whatever > > it's been, to 3600 pounds. It's all still in the planning stage - no > > final rule making yet - but it looks like major changes are happening > > soon. > > > > Mike > > KSEE > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > Drink This Before Bed, Watch Your Body Fat Melt Like Crazy > > Celebrity Local > > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5bba5b48274505b482552st03vuc > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Search the KRnet Archives at > > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. > > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to > change > > options. > > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org > _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
