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Understand part of the flightline is a camping area.

We've got enough dogs in the neighborhood that my wife carries dog treats with her on her walks even though we don't own any. Oddly, my wife had several dogs but she never raised any from...

Yep, the pre-911 protections against hijacking and even terrorism were all predicated on the principle that the perpetrator wasn't willing to die for the cause. Even that was known not to be true. ...

Alas that is not exactly a related case. The action in Menear were the city acting without cause, not the TSA. In fact, the TSA hadn't yet been created and the security screening was done by...

I always thought AirVenture was a dumb name anyhow. The EAA was already using "Air Adventure" for the museum. It took the PA announcers almost four years to stop insert "Ad" or another extra...

The beer and girls things are just red herrings. The lawsuit is not (and legally can not be) about that.

It was heavy handed. The SOS fought Winnebago county tooth and nail. They didn't get anything (other than less cash than it was worth). The current tent is on property they lease from another...

Trademarks and copyrights are too different things. Sos hasn't gone anywhere near copyright violation. Whether "Beer venture" is a trademark violation is up for argument. A lot of the info in...

Yeah, I guess having the EAA evict you from your own land and illegal tortuous interference with their business over the years probably wears a little thin on them. The SOS's are just a bit more...

Are you takling about bikinis? EAA has been selling beer for a few years now.

I've attached the EAA complaint.

I loved the part about it being an outgrowth of an amicable discussion. Gee, Dick, I hope not to be involved in such amicable discussions.

I find EAA's assertion of "Beer Venture" and the...

Back when I was based at Potomac Airpark, you could often find the airport manager out there with a couple of rattle cans of green rustoleum touching up his airplane. I hear he finally had it...

I'd believe that, Poly-Fiber and Ceconite are even the same company now. Actually, what you have to do on a certificated aircraft is to use what YOUR manufacturer tells you, or follow an approved...

I've got a mortiser. Can't say I've ever attempted to cut plywood in it, but I guess I can fire it up today and see what happens. Generally, I when I'm cutting rectangular holes, I make a single...

Yep, hovercraft and ground effect vehicles aren't aircraft. I pointed this out in my first post in this thread.

It doesn't take "sustained" flight either. The FAA covers parachuting in which...

How big of a hole are we talking about?

That's certainly not true. Gliders under tow (either ground or aero) and tethered balloons are fully under FAA regulation and the pilot and the aircraft airworthiness regs must be met. A kite or...

As Dana says, it's not possible to pin it down to a single airplane. Grimes was a manufacturer whose lights are used on all sorts of aircraft (still in business today). This light was used on a...

When Ken Hyde (The Wright Experience) recreated the Wright flyer for the 100th anniversary, they got the Wright family to provide them with a swatch of the original muslin they had and had that...

Actually, you are not. The FAA very much will enforce several regulations stopping that as well (notably 91.117 and likely 91.813).

Do not confuse when the FAA has relaxed rules (operation...

There are also nice covering workshops at the EAA (ok, Airventure) every year.

There's no such altitude. If you have an aircraft capable of operating out of ground effect, as soon as you leave the ground you're under FAA control. It doesn't matter if you own the entire...

All fabrics these days are Polyethylene Terephthalate (aka Dacron), a polyester weave. There are a few different brands of this, most paired with their own products to apply and finish. It has...

Already a pretty detailed Midway thread going on here: http://eaaforums.org/showthread.php?8979-(Nit)Pick-the-Errors-in-the-New-quot-Midway-quot-Poster

I'd be a little reticent to adopt as...