Best warbird to own

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IIRC, unless you're dealing with a trainer type, a "Letter of
Authorization" is required to fly the more powerful & faster types,
whether they are over 12,500 lbs. or not & an L of A is essentially a
Type Rating. You don't get "typed" in a military aircraft except for
cases where it has a civil version. Why avoid a Type or L of A anyway?


Is that in the FARs anywhere? I've "heard" that but haven't found any
proof.

With a hi-perf/complex/tailwheel endorsement I should be able to hop in
a Mustang and go around the patch..legally. Not smart, but legal.

As I understand the LOAs or for those a/c in which a type rating would
be required but no civil variant exists.

--
Dale L. Falk

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing around with airplanes.

http://home.gci.net/~sncdfalk/flying.html

It must be, because everyone I know who flies a "big" warbird has either
an L of A for that type or certain types, & I have one friend who has an
old Unlimited L of A, whether or not it's grandfathered in he doesn't
know, as he hasn't had a use for it in maybe 20 years. Yes, an L of A is
used instead of a Type Rating for which no civil type is out there. The
L of A may be due to the performance of the a/c or even tho without
hanging bombs, etc., off a P-51 or Corsair you can't get it over 12,500
lbs. in the civilian world, the fact that their original design GW
exceeds 12,500, that requires an L of A. I do know a P-51D & Corsair
require a Letter, but a T-6 & T-28 don't. An A-26 requires a Letter, but
for a C-47, you get a DC-3 Type. I understand also that sometimes it
depends on the FAA Regional Office you're working with as how they
interpret their own Regs. No, I don't think it's quite legal to just hop
in & go in a P-51. A T-6, yeah.

Correction: A T-28 does require a LOA letter. A limited licensed P-51D does
not require a LOA letter.
V Lenoch
LOOA

Subject: Best warbird to own
From: (MLenoch)
Date: 11/8/03 5:30 AM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id:

Correction: A T-28 does require a LOA letter. A limited licensed P-51D does
not require a LOA letter.
V Lenoch
LOOA


How come no one chose a B-26 Martin Marauder? You guys don't know what good is.
(grin)

Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

ArtKramr wrote:
From: (MLenoch)

Correction: A T-28 does require a LOA letter. A limited licensed P-51D
does not require a LOA letter.
V Lenoch
LOOA


How come no one chose a B-26 Martin Marauder? You guys don't know what
good is. (grin)

Because there's only one around these days, and its owner isn't
entertaining offers.

-Marc
--
Marc Reeve
actual email address after removal of 4s & spaces is
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ArtKramr wrote:

Subject: Best warbird to own
From: (MLenoch)
Date: 11/8/03 5:30 AM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id:

Correction: A T-28 does require a LOA letter. A limited licensed P-51D does
not require a LOA letter.
V Lenoch
LOOA

How come no one chose a B-26 Martin Marauder? You guys don't know what good is.
(grin)

serious question:

are there any left in flying condition?

redc1c4,
who's buying a war bird as soon as i win the Lotto.......... %-)
--
"Enlisted men are stupid, but extremely cunning and sly, and bear
considerable watching."

Army Officer's Guide

On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 18:10:46 GMT, redc1c4 wrote:

who's buying a war bird as soon as i win the Lotto.......... %-)

Mint juleps and military aviation don't mix... do they?

-Jeff B. (who knows that wouldn't stop you)
yeff at erols dot com

Yeff wrote:

On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 18:10:46 GMT, redc1c4 wrote:

who's buying a war bird as soon as i win the Lotto.......... %-)

Mint juleps and military aviation don't mix... do they?

-Jeff B. (who knows that wouldn't stop you)
yeff at erols dot com

couldn't tell ya.....

OTOH, mint julep martinis are an entirely different animal.

guns & alcohol don't mix though*.

redc1c4,
*the alcohol messes up the finish, the oil makes your drink taste
funny, and worst of all, you waste part of your drink. %-)
--
"Enlisted men are stupid, but extremely cunning and sly, and bear
considerable watching."

Army Officer's Guide

Correction: A T-28 does require a LOA letter. A limited licensed P-51D does
not require a LOA letter.
V Lenoch
LOOA

Vlado,
A big engine 28 requires a letter. The small engine T-28A does not. It's a
HorsePower thing.
Matt Gunsch,
A&P,IA,Private Pilot
Riding member of the
2003 world champion drill team
Arizona Precision Motorcycle Drill Team
GWRRA,NRA,GOA