Experimentals To Be Banned To Rural Airports?

on 8/28/2008 7:08 PM Bob F. said the following:
"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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By definition, experimental aircraft have unknown characteristics. It
makes
sense that you'd want to test them out away from heavily populated areas.
Boeing and other civilian and military manufacturers don't test out
their new
designs at LAX.


First an "experimental" aircraft in aviation talk is just another
classification. The characteristics may be well known and just doesn't
fit into any other class.

Secondly, I have personally flown a number of experimental Boeing
aircraft into LAX when I worked for the flight test group there. I
believe B747-100 s/n 1 is still classified as experimental. And I flew
B401, 2 and 3 (the first 3 747-400 designated a/c). They too were
classified as experimental and flew into a lot of large airports with
heavy population.

Another epic fail for Anthony...