Pegasus Life span in USA

Actually, there is some progress being made on the Pegasus Life Limit AD. Without going into too much detail on RAS, airshow pilot and jet sailplane developer Bob Carlton and myself have done quite a bit of research into the origin of the AD and how it was enacted by the FAA. There are a number of issues that raise questions as to the actual validity and legality of the AD.. These questions and other factors certainly raise the possibility of an acceptable solution, but dealing with the FAA is a glacial process.

To get an idea of the scope of Bob’s research, we have recently started a website that links virtually all of the known data we have in one place. Check out www.savethepegasus.org to access the documentation. Note that this website is only a couple of weeks old, and some sections are not active, or are incomplete. The “Petition to Rescind” and the “Timeline” are the most complete, and have extensive links to FAA regulations, Centrair emails, Administrative Law, technical data from OSTIV and a myriad of other sources that have bearing on the continuing airworthiness of Pegasus gliders past the FAA AD limit of 3,000 hours.

Pegasus owners should be grateful to Bob Carlton for taking hundreds of hours of time to research and compile this information and talk to various FAA officials in an attempt to resolve the issue.