Gig601XLBuilder wrote in
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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:


Yeah, but I don't post pics of it ordinarily.
I sold one iu had for years a while back, but just bought a Citabria
(
also not qualified for LSA)
I had a Luscombe, but I don;t think I'd have bothered with LSA
certification even if I had kept it. Not aq lot of advantage for me.
I
did most of the maintenance myself anyway so it would have saved me
nothing.


On the Luscombe you wouldn't have had to bother with any additional
certification issues and still wouldn't. Just don't fail a medical and
keep your BFR and drivers license up to date. Fly till you can't fly
anymore.



Well, I kinda need my medical anyway, so that isn't an issue either. I
see the benifits, but I'm a bit worried about the probable abuses.
I might be talking apples and oranges here,but a few years ago I was
visiting someone who had a two place ultralight. Sort of a Breezy type
thing. Parasol, open in front. Rotax 582 pusher. Can;'t remember the
type. Anyhow, we went out to see this thing and it was parked outside
for one thing. harldy flown at all. It had amphib floats and it had to
be waaaay overweight. It was corroded and had been tied down with a rope
halfway up the strut and the wind had bent the strut slightly. Needless
to say I wouldn't fly it ( actually I don;t fly lawn furniture anyway,
so probably wouldn't have even if it was perfect) Iasked them why they
had gotten involvd in this thing in the first place. Why hadn't they
bought a cub? Well, the reasons they gave me were "nah, you gotta get a
licence for that, you gotta have it inspected every year, all that happy
horse****, so we got this" Now, at the time, a Cub was cheaper to buy
anyway, so I siad, "right, you want me to go up in an airplane that has
had no maintenance and is in rag order in any case, and is flown by a
guy who couldn't be bothered to learn to fly properly. Right".
Still haven't been up in one of those things.
I fear that having seen this and also having seen all sorts of abuses(
some by me!) in "traditional" light aviation the potential for abuse in
LSA is large..
Having said that.there are some ultralights and LSAs I would love to
try.

Bertie