Ultralight down in Eastern Oregon

ChuckSlusarczyk wrote:
In article . com,
Harry K
says...

FYI for anyone interested.

From the Spokesman Review, Spokane Wa 03/27/05
(excerpts, with editing, of article follow)
Spokane Men killed in Ultralight crash

Two Spokane men were killed when an ultralight plane crashed less
than
200 yards from Interstate 84 in Eastern Oregon.


A minor clairifaction it was an Amatuer Built experimental 2 Place
challenger
calling it an U/L is a common mistake.

See ya

Chuck S

I wondered about that. Seeing 52 hp and ultralight and ref to 2 people
in the same description set off warning bells. Oddly, a google search
of 'ultralight airplane challenger II' returns many hits with
ultralight in the title.

Harry K

Harry K wrote:
I wondered about that. Seeing 52 hp and ultralight and ref to 2 people
in the same description set off warning bells. Oddly, a google search
of 'ultralight airplane challenger II' returns many hits with
ultralight in the title.

They may be Canadian aircraft. See:
http://www.challenger.ca/faq.html
The article implies that the Canadian CAA has a different definition of
"Ultralight" than the US's FAA.

-Luke

"Luke Scharf" wrote in message
...
Harry K wrote:
I wondered about that. Seeing 52 hp and ultralight and ref to 2 people
in the same description set off warning bells. Oddly, a google search
of 'ultralight airplane challenger II' returns many hits with
ultralight in the title.

They may be Canadian aircraft. See:
http://www.challenger.ca/faq.html
The article implies that the Canadian CAA has a different definition of
"Ultralight" than the US's FAA.

-Luke

Also, don't forget that you can take a 2 seat ultralight, or for that
matter, a 1 seat ultralight, and if it meets the 51% rule of owner assembled
work, you can register it as amateur experimental, and put N numbers on it.
It then does not have to meet the ultralight rules of 5 gallons of fuel,
weight, speed, where it can fly, training flights only, ect. Probably the
legal way to do it, anyway, in the case of 2 seat "ultralights."
--
Jim in NC