On 24 Sep 2004 15:57:32 -0700, (Bob Kuykendall) wrote:

Earlier, Ron Wanttaja wrote:

...I am reminded of an article I read several years ago, about
the development of the Aviat Husky. While looking much like an older
design, it was a brand-new aircraft that was certified under the modern
Part 23. The article quoted the company president saying that the
certification process was not especially onerous or time/money consuming.

Probably Alfred Scott's article "Lite Engineering and the Myth of
Simplified Certification":

http://www.seqair.com/Other/LiteEng/LiteEng.html

Yep, that's it. Don't know how I got to thinking it was a FLYING magazine
article.

Scott *does* have a few good turns of phrase in the piece. "Libertarian
Tulipmania"... I love it.

Ron Wanttaja