Avia Economia, Part 1

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The purpose of this post is to make you aware of the similarity
between EAA Chapters of today and the Flying Clubs of yesterday. But
today we have just one organization that claims to speak for grass-
roots aviation. Unfortunately, the definition of 'grass-roots' has
been prostituted to mean $100,000.00 imported airplanes. The
advantage of Primary Gliders is that they have no Easy Virtue. You
roll up your sleeves, divide the tasks amongst your Chapter members,
and get busy. Leave the bean-counters to waste their time discussing
Insurance, Registration and Aviation-Approved materials. Multiple
voices will always be heard and if loud enough, exceptions will be
granted. Indeed, many exceptions already exist when it comes to
PRIMARY gliders, such as Catch-22 and Primary 101. Read the regs,
especially those which establish the Experimental, Amateur-Built
license category. Then go build yourself an airplane.

-R.S.Hoover

A quick search for Catch-22 and Primary-101 didn't give me a lot of
information; but if you are basically talking about a primary glider with a
strut braced wing, then the single seat version should be buildable as an
ultralight glider and a two seat trainer could be built as an experimental
amateur built. The ultralight vehicle status of the single seater might
raise the minimum age of its pilot to 18 years; but that would also
virtually eliminate the liability issues.

Basically, it looks like it could be a good fit for sub-groups of chapter
members who are looking for something to do that doesn't require a hangar on
the paved and towered airport in a major urban area.

At least it's good food for thought and could result in some very
informative, and therefore usefull, projects--even if the result is never
flown.

Pete