Thank you for compiling this. In many ways, it boils down to "don't be a showoff, an idiot, and/or an ass".
Type: Posts; User: Ken Finney
Thank you for compiling this. In many ways, it boils down to "don't be a showoff, an idiot, and/or an ass".
To add some "fuel to the fire" (so to speak), a VERY unofficial definition of congested is what is colored yellow on the sectional maps (you can view your local one at www.skyvector.com).
Two items, codetoalker:
1. As posted above in this thread, the 2011 archive format (assuming it is still recoverable) was much better than the 2012 format. Please use the 2011 format for the 2013...
Less than two weeks away, and there doesn't seem to be as much "chatter" from people already there/on the way/etc as normal. Is there another electronic watering hole I should be looking at?
As was just pointed out, the new UK rule just "deregulates" the plane, not the pilot. You still need a "microlight" license to fly your newly deregulated plane. So, this really isn't equivalent to...
Difficult to say, because now I can't get in with IE. It wants me to login, which it never did before, and didn't this morning, either, but Firefox can get in just fine. This morning, when I viewed...
I'm not a crusty curmudgeon (at least, I'm not crusty). I wonder how many website developers have any idea how unusable these fancy websites are to the "prime demographic" they are trying to reach? ...
If I may present another side of this issue (not that I necessarily agree with it). 2 seat UL trainers were allowed for good reasons, we all agree. But while they were only supposed to be used for...
There are a couple of companies/people that offer training in LSAs that are really "rebadged" 2 seat UL trainers. And a couple of companies say their ULs fly "just like 150s, so get training in a...
I just about spit coffee all over my screen when I saw the proposed prohibition on flying electric aircraft over populated areas. I guess I've missed all the accident reports of electric aircraft...
I was wondering how long into the thread it would be before someone would bring up the legality part. For the uninitiated, circa 2008, the FAA required all 2 seat "ultralight trainers" to be...
Just wanted to state for the record the James Wiebe of Belite is one of the most straight-up guys around. It's not "his" engine, he just found it. Engine-wise, he's certainly kissed enough toads...
Belite is going to be showing off the following engine at Sun-n-Fun: 36.5 HP, water cooled, dual ignition, gear reduction propeller drive. Tuned air intake and exhaust. Internally counterbalanced....
We have an interesting problem, from several angles. The aviation infrastructure is huge and very expensive to maintain. As a result, pretty much everything in aviation is designed to extract money...
Just for completeness, while Part 103 does not contain any language that allows for traffic patterns, AC 90-66a does define the traffic patterns ULs are supposed to fly at airports.
Jim- Nice to see someone in an official position show up in this thread!
A couple of points:
1. "Hopefully it will be part of the new EAA.org & AirVenture.org website to be debuted this spring."...
I should have been more clear. It's not just the interviews, but all the segments, and streaming doesn't do it for what I use it for. EAA Radio does such a FANTASTIC job during Airventure, and if...
So, what happened this year? It seems like the weather has been perfect for website editing...
Thanks for the info. I know that the E-Gull people are hard-over that the FAA told them (but not in writing) that any battery weight that could fit into same number of cubic inches as a 5 gallon...
Am I the only person here who loves "12 O'Clock High"?
Maybe the CEO knows something that the rest of us don't. I've always said that if they get rid of the Class 3 medical, that it will kill LSA. Maybe that is close to happening.
OK, OK, I accept full blame for spreading a false rumor! I'll email Jeff with a follow-up from a meeting I had with him earlier this year when I met him.
I heard that Jeff Skiles has moved on, who is the it person now?
The silence is deafening!
This particular airport HAD a unique situation. There was a UL operation only a mile or two away, and the ULers, despite repeated warnings, would take off from the UL field, do touch-and-goes at the...