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On Mar 16, 9:58 pm, 33 wrote:
In reference to Bill Collum's article in Soaring Magazine (Apr. 2008)
does anyone know what FAA regulations apply to retrofitting a non-
motorized glider with a turbine engine similar to the HPH-304?

Is a special turbine Type certification needed?

If there are two engines, is it then charactorized as a twin engine?

Are there extra certifications nessary for the pilot?

Is insurance readily available for a modified non-motorized glider as
a twin engine turbine?

Bob Carlton has been through all of this already. Take a look at his
website: www.jetsailplane.com

Insurance "Available", yes; readily, I don't know. I believe he insures
through Costello Associates.

It's registered as an experimental glider. It self-launches, so you need
that endorsement. No turbine certification needed, if I remember Bob
correctly. That kind of thing might apply only to airplanes, not gliders.

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