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Question about SpaceShipOne...
A stupid question for RAS members... Assuming you have the financial resources could you legally fly the SpaceShipOne with a Private Pilot Glider with a Motor glider endorsement? Regards, Oscar. P.S. -- The Space/Aircraft has an "N"umber. |
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Oscar S Alonso wrote:
A stupid question for RAS members... Assuming you have the financial resources could you legally fly the SpaceShipOne with a Private Pilot Glider with a Motor glider endorsement? Regards, Oscar. P.S. -- The Space/Aircraft has an "N"umber. If a check of the "N" number indicates it is a glider the answer is Yes. If it is registered in another class other than glider the answer is no. At least in the U.S. But I would still like to see the look on the local FSDO representatives face when you get ramp checked and show your glider license with self launch privileges. |
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Don't think you need self launch privileges. It's really a sustainer motor!
JC wrote in message ... Oscar S Alonso wrote: A stupid question for RAS members... Assuming you have the financial resources could you legally fly the SpaceShipOne with a Private Pilot Glider with a Motor glider endorsement? Regards, Oscar. P.S. -- The Space/Aircraft has an "N"umber. If a check of the "N" number indicates it is a glider the answer is Yes. If it is registered in another class other than glider the answer is no. At least in the U.S. But I would still like to see the look on the local FSDO representatives face when you get ramp checked and show your glider license with self launch privileges. |
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Doug Easton wrote:
Don't think you need self launch privileges. It's really a sustainer motor! So, what kind of log book endorsement do you need for a "drop launch" from an airplane? It's not aerotow, ground launch, or self-launch, so maybe a waiver is needed from the FAA? Oddly, it's listed with "no engine". -- Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly Eric Greenwell Washington State USA |
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Guess that in FAA lingo a "rocket" is not the same as an "engine".
Eric Greenwell wrote: Doug Easton wrote: Don't think you need self launch privileges. It's really a sustainer motor! So, what kind of log book endorsement do you need for a "drop launch" from an airplane? It's not aerotow, ground launch, or self-launch, so maybe a waiver is needed from the FAA? Oddly, it's listed with "no engine". |
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In article ,
Eric Greenwell wrote: So, what kind of log book endorsement do you need for a "drop launch" from an airplane? It's not aerotow, ground launch, or self-launch, so maybe a waiver is needed from the FAA? As I undestand it, in the USA you can use any launch method you like unless your license is endorsed. So if your license says "aerotow only" then that's all you can do, but if you are rated for both aerotow and ground launch and therefore have no endorsement then you could do air drop too. -- Bruce | 41.1670S | \ spoken | -+- Hoult | 174.8263E | /\ here. | ----------O---------- |
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Presumably the two pilots have now qualified for their "A" and "B"
certificates? David Starer "Bruce Hoult" wrote in message ... In article , Eric Greenwell wrote: So, what kind of log book endorsement do you need for a "drop launch" from an airplane? It's not aerotow, ground launch, or self-launch, so maybe a waiver is needed from the FAA? As I undestand it, in the USA you can use any launch method you like unless your license is endorsed. So if your license says "aerotow only" then that's all you can do, but if you are rated for both aerotow and ground launch and therefore have no endorsement then you could do air drop too. -- Bruce | 41.1670S | \ spoken | -+- Hoult | 174.8263E | /\ here. | ----------O---------- |
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In article ,
Bruce Hoult wrote: In article , Eric Greenwell wrote: So, what kind of log book endorsement do you need for a "drop launch" from an airplane? It's not aerotow, ground launch, or self-launch, so maybe a waiver is needed from the FAA? As I undestand it, in the USA you can use any launch method you like unless your license is endorsed. So if your license says "aerotow only" then that's all you can do, but if you are rated for both aerotow and ground launch and therefore have no endorsement then you could do air drop too. -- Bruce | 41.1670S | \ spoken | -+- Hoult | 174.8263E | /\ here. | ----------O---------- As of 1997, it seems endorsements were required to self-launch, ground launch, or aerotow. But no prohibitions of other techniques are in the regs (such as drop-launch or slope launch/pushed off of a hill). The restriction on glider licenses requiring a check-ride to remove was discontinued in 1997 in favor of the endorsement option by a CFI. It's much easier to get a CFI endorsement than find a DPE qualified to do this... But again, if solo and with some pilots license already, an experimental doesn't require cat/class of the pilot. So someone with a PPL/ballon LTA would be legal in the USA. -- ------------+ Mark J. Boyd |
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There's no requirement for a "drop launch" endorsement in any regs that I
can find. So, do we just show up, help drag the ships out to the line and wait our turn? When I first heard of Virgin Galactic and their plans and prices a little image flashed in my mind-- Me: (arriving home with a smile) "Hi honey, I'm back from another run of the mill west coast biz trip" She: (very ****ed look) "What happened to our 401(k) balance? Me: (working hard at looking nonchalant) "I dunno, we didn't have another one of those bubble things did we?" "Eric Greenwell" wrote in message ... Doug Easton wrote: Don't think you need self launch privileges. It's really a sustainer motor! So, what kind of log book endorsement do you need for a "drop launch" from an airplane? It's not aerotow, ground launch, or self-launch, so maybe a waiver is needed from the FAA? Oddly, it's listed with "no engine". -- Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly Eric Greenwell Washington State USA |
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