Pipistrel Kit Aircraft now FAA 51% Accepted

On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 04:36:22 GMT, USER wrote:

Greetings all, the Pipistrel Sinus and Virus aircraft have been
inspected over the last couple of days and have been accepted by the
FAA is a 51% accepted kit.

This means that any customers purchasing these aircraft as kits do not
have to worry about certification themselves as it has already been
completed.

Ummm, well, no. Aircraft still have to go through the certification process.
The 51%-certification is a nice-to-have, but in itself doesn't guarantee the FAA
will certify the airplane as Experimental Amateur-Built. It's still possible
for the FAA to reject certification of an individual aircraft.

Ron Wanttaja