"Mary Shafer" wrote in message
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On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 18:17:44 -0700, "Tarver Engineering"
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Are you sure this is not just a result of Drydens misbehavior in
modifying
that Lear?

Yes, absolutely.

Still, this was an N registered Lear that was incompetently and illegally
modified. I know that kind of misbehavior would have caused the Type
Certificate to be pulled, if the aircraft had been modified outside the USA.
Some sort of additional regulation of ryden's activities were in order.

That Lear wasn't used for pax; it was a science
airplane.

Thayt doesn't matter, Mary, Dryden did what would have canceled the Type
Certificate anywhere else. I know you didn't intend to buy the airplane.

The hard landing happened well after the new rule was
established.

I am refering to the battery exploding and setting the aircraft on fire.

Anyway, the mods (which were done at Ames, long before
the airplane came down to Dryden) and maintenance didn't have anything
to do with the hard landing. It had no more to do with the rule than
did the MLG failure on the F-18 that ended in a barrier arrestment a
month or two earlier.

Mary, stop obfuscating. The incompetent wire mods on that Lear are a matter
of public record. The mod that caused the fire was done in Fresno.

No, the cause was the kind of adjunct passenger operations run by
governmental bodies, not the research operation of modified aircraft.

I guess that is why EG&G has an airline now.

Passenger operations that were totally unregulated by anyone with any
aviation experience. Say what you will about NASA or FAA or NOAA or
even the CHP, but you have to admit they know how to operate and
maintain aircraft professionally.

I already showed you that is not the case for NASA. When you lease an N
registerd airplane, the Type Certificate must be maintained.

As far as FAA goes, thye have no cert requirements at all for their
aircraft, or parts.

It's the little three commuter
aircraft operations, run on-demand, by folks who don't have to
constantly justify what they're doing to IGs and advisory councils and
other outside reviews, that ended up being regulated by the FAA.

Considering how dangerous unregulated scheduled service is, that is probably
a good idea. Revenue leads to "gotta get there".

John P. tarver, MS/PE
Electrical Engineer