Chuck wrote:
: As I mentioned, several IAs and DEs have told me that a Field Approval
: -- it if can be obtained at all -- will take at least six months. One
: DE in Austin told me he's had a 337 pending for 14 months for a simple
: GPS antenna mount on the top the cabin. What a joke.

There we go... "The FAA: Keeping the world safe for bureaucracy"

Between that and the CYA seemingly required for absolutely everything in
aviation, it's basically impossible/unaffordable to do anything.

-Cory
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* Cory Papenfuss *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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