On Oct 19, 10:47 pm, Mike the Strike wrote:

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Because it had no airworthiness certificate - we don't let real people
(even the more expendable military) fly in those. If the
airworthiness couldn't be guaranteed, we wouldn't normally let an
aircraft fly.

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Lets think about this. No approved type certicate, does this sound
familar? We should go to the FAA and demand all aircraft that lack
approved type certificates be grounded because they are obviously
unsafe. How many sailplanes fly under experimental certificates?
Lots. Homebuilts of course and quite a few Libelles, discuses and
LS-3s since the original owners imported them before they received
approval from the FAA. I imagine if the experimental certificates
were cancelled you could eventually get an approved type certificate
after some paperwork and maybe retrofitting some equipment required by
the ATC. Of course some of the open class ship would be out of luck
since they never received an ATC as well as others. Wouldn't it be
better to figure out what safety issues the Predator has,if any, and
campaign to have them fixed?