"Richard Riley" wrote in message
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I wonder how close the external configuration has to be? I mean, an
RV-8's external configuration is pretty close to an RV-4's. From 200
feet away I doubt anyone who hadn't built one could tell them apart.

For that matter, Vari-EZ's are coming up on 30 years. Long's look
like Vari's. Berkut's look like Longs.....

". . .which has the same external configuration as an aircraft built at
least 30 years ago. . ."

If Unca BOb were to answer this, I imagine he'd write, "What part of 'THE
SAME' don't you get???"

SAME adj.
1. Being the very one; identical: the same boat we rented before.
2. Similar in kind, quality, quantity, or degree.
3. Conforming in every detail: according to the same rules as before.
4. Being the one previously mentioned or indicated; aforesaid.

RIch "He wouldn't have added the smiley, though." S.