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A Call to Arms from Richard VanGrunsven
Larry Dighera wrote:
On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 03:48:36 -0800 (PST), stol wrote in : On Mar 6, 11:03 pm, cavelamb himself wrote: Jim Logajan wrote: Jim Logajan wrote: The FAA is about to make it a whole hell of a lot harder for people to build safe amateur built aircraft. Richard VanGrunsven, founder of one of the most successful kit aircraft companies, has written up a warning and a call to arms about the issue. You can read it beginning on page 3 of this document: http://doc.vansaircraft.com/RVator/2...008-RVator.pdf Also consider using this site (to save Vans Aircraft some bandwidth load): http://www.vansairforce.net/rvator/1-2008-RVator.pdf Sounds more like they want to make it harder to_have_one_built_for_you. These articles explain the FAA's concerns over excessive commercial abuses of the Experimental Amateur Built (E-AB) licensing category. The ARC committee was created as an FAA/EAA/ Industry process to address the FAA concerns and to recommend corrective actions. I agree with the , " harder to have one built for you" concept.. I have been to several airshows-fly-ins etc, and chat with experimental owners who sit under the wings of their bought homebuilts and bask in the glow of,, See what I built crap. Later in the conversation they usually say " Yeah, Ol Clem up in Montana, Texas, Florida", pick a state, " did a great job of building my wizbang 200 mph toy. In my mind they are lying sacks of **** and with this action are poking their finger in the eyes of the FAA. The intent of experimental / homebuilts rule was for the " educational and recreational aspect of the builder, not to see who has the most money.. IMHO. Ben Personally, I see no reason for our government to intrude on our freedom to commission the construction of an aircraft. If the FAA is going to permit the sale and operation by non-builders of aircraft licensed as experimental, the ban on having one built for you seems at least inconsistent. And the implication that having personally constructed the aircraft somehow enhances its performance or suitability for operation in the NAS is ludicrous, IMO. To me, the 51% policy smacks of protectionism for normal/utility aircraft manufacturers. I realize this is probably an unpopular opinion among the majority of armature aircraft builders, but emotional jealousy of those able to afford commissioning the construction of an aircraft, I fail to find an _objective_ reason for homebuilders' objections. What am I missing? Your frontal lobes, from all appearances... |
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