On 31 Dec 2003 13:37:51 -0800, (pacplyer) wrote:

(-=:|SAJAN|:=-) wrote
:
: Well thanx sean n "pacplyer" (i wonder what it means). Thanx for
: showing ur concern. Now i think i should be in america to buy a mini
: aircraft. Still i think that someday i wud own one. There was a news
: in the papers on 27th Dec that the government has started allowing
: some private individuals n flying clubs to fly their private aircrafts
: at the domestic airport in Mumbai. I dont think they allow Foreign
: individuals or any experimentals to fly right now. But they soon
: will(thats what i think). I think that answers ur question. Thanx
: again.
: -=:|SAJAN|:=-
:
:
:-=:|SAJAN|:=-,
:
:"pacific flyer" is pronounced somewhat comically where I used to be
:based for six years in the Philippine Islands. Since the language
:the Tagolog, does not have an constanant for "f", a "p" sound is
:substituted by the locals.
:
:When say, a mechanic would ask where the logbook is, the ramp agent
:would point to the flight crew and say:
:
:"Sirrr, it's being taken out to the plane by that pair of plyers."
:
:so I "plied" mostly the pacific for about ten years on the 747 and
:A310 before getting sick of it and comming back home. Mostly I missed
:being home where I could tinker on my homebuilt "quickie" which is an
bsolete design that's taking me way to long to get flying. With the
:exception of ultralights at Clark, experimental aviation was not
:allowed in the Philippines either.

I sold a Berkut kit to Mariano Osmeña, he finished it and has it
flying there, though I don't think he flies it much. He also had a
Lancair 320. The Manila police department had a Lancair ES but
pranged it at the Manila airport. For several years the Lancair
fastbuild kits were manufactured on Cebu, and a number of them were
completed and flew there. Import duty on things like engines and
instruments are nasty.

As for India, a friend of mine sold his Long EZ to a flying club
there.