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  1. Question - Gray Area on Use of Certificated Major Parts

    Hi All,

    I have read over the circular on the 51% rule. I have a question. But let me digress first.

    My wife like's Ercoupe's. But, it will never work for our mission of flying around the USA...
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    Thanks...I am talking with Bruce on buying the...

    Thanks...I am talking with Bruce on buying the airplane. That us why I am trying to find the nephew. I want to see if he held onto any of the documentation that was talked about in the 1995 VAA...
  3. Marty, You do have a point. Given the trouble...

    Marty,

    You do have a point. Given the trouble I am having finding someone...I am thinking of enlisting several people that are within an hour or so of the Golden Gate Bridge that have small...
  4. Thanks for trying...

    Thanks for trying...
  5. Hello everyone and thanks for responding... ...

    Hello everyone and thanks for responding...


    I am in San Francisco and although I know a lot about Antique & Classic cars I am a total green horn on airplanes. I do weld, have a lathe, and am a...
  6. A & P for Pre-Purchase Iinspection of Vintage Airplane

    Hello,

    I am looking for someone who is in deep North-Western Michigan or Northern Wisconsin to do a pre-purchase inspection.


    The airplane I am looking to purchase is a 1930's biplane with a...
  7. 1930's biplane pre sale inspection --- near Escanaba Michigan

    Hello All,

    I may be in need of someone with vintage biplane experience to go look over an airplane near Escanaba Michigan. If anyone knows of anyone that may fit the bill, please let me know. I...
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    Nephew of Dean Hammond --- Anyone know of him ?

    In an old EAA article a member named Zac (Zac and Doris Howard) restored a Hammond 100 biplane. In the article it talked about the fact that Zac knew the nephew of the Dean Hammond who built the...
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    The Fine Line...Can someone explain to me...

    Hi all,

    Lets say I want to build an airplane that is a VERY close clone of one that exists. I do want it to be experimental so I can update a number of things. This would be a open three place...
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    Thanks for the information. I could not come to...

    Thanks for the information. I could not come to terms with the owner of the project I was interested in. But the search for information on flying wires was valuable for the long term. I did find a...
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    Thank you for the link. This looks like it was...

    Thank you for the link. This looks like it was written by their lawyers and not by an engineer. It is a CYA document. If this same standard applied to everything in the aircraft then no airplane...
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    Flying & Landing Wires

    Hi All,

    I am looking into a late 1920's early 1930's Biplane project. One area of concern is the Flying Wires.

    The project has a complete original set. The owner tells me that they were...
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    It is a project by a guy in NY. I offered $40K...

    It is a project by a guy in NY. I offered $40K and he turned me down.

    It has a zero Wright J6-5 with it...but on an hourly running basis it is a dog. 400 hours TBO and $35 to rebuild. ...
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    Question... Kreider-Reisner AKA Fairchild KR-34

    We keep floating between buying, building, or restoring...

    Our mission is low and slow, high useful load, not terrible on gas, open cockpit, round engine....for a year of traveling the USA once...
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    My mother was born and raised in Cleveland in...

    My mother was born and raised in Cleveland in what was the old Greek, Jewish, Italian, and everything else neighborhood around Clark & 25th. Being born and raised in Northern California, I often...
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    My wife and I wanted to build a place similar to...

    My wife and I wanted to build a place similar to this with a small 1200 house on it for the 2 of us. In Northern California, we have found that doing anything like that for all practical reasons is...
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    Hi All, Thanks for the thoughts and...

    Hi All,

    Thanks for the thoughts and suggestions. One thing that struck me as I have been reading up in Carter's book and other sources is that due to the cost and time required that NACA did not...
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    We are going to build an Airplane!

    Hello Everyone,

    My wife and I have made a decision to build out own airplane. I have been building hot rods and classic cars since I was 15 years old. I had 6 years of woodshop in school, I can...
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