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Old March 23rd 06, 04:47 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.owning
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Default Would this plane have flown?

Family values?

We all get there together, where the plane goes. "Daddy,
why are we dead?"



--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

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But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
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"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
oups.com...
| I would not have felt qualified to determine whether it
was flyable or
| not, so I probably would not have flown it without
getting an opinion
| and a ferry permit from an A&P (and I am not above
making the A&P fly
| with me). My main concerns would be weakened attach
points and possibly
| some sort of flutter induced by disrupted airflow over
the aileron.
|
| That is exactly how I felt (although I was less concerned
with the
| permit itself). I was getting lots of advice but it felt
good to have
| an A&P come out and give me his opinion. It would have
been nice to get
| the opinion of an aerospace engineer but I wasn't going to
hold my
| breath for that. I did have the A&P come with me on the
test flight
| after the repair before I put the family in the plane. My
main concern
| had also been flutter resulting from the uneven surface.
| My broker seems to believe that it would be very unlikely
that this
| will effect my rates in the future. I"m hoping that they
are able to
| collect from the truck's Mexican liability policy too.
BTW: I wonder
| how often people drop their plane off for annual and the
mechanic
| borrows parts off it to retrieve another plane without the
owner ever
| knowing.
|
| -Robert
|