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Thread: A question about assessing a ramp queen for purchase (disassembly of the wings...)

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    I've never quite understood how Johnny Teenager can jack his pickup to the point you need a step ladder to get into it or make a dozen other modifications but the aircraft owner is held to the standards of the type certificate "or else". Especially when you're dealing with simple tube and fabric type aircraft which I doubt is even taught in A & P school to any extent any longer. No wonder folks migrate to the home built market.
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    Quote Originally Posted by L16 Pilot View Post
    I've never quite understood how Johnny Teenager can jack his pickup to the point you need a step ladder to get into it or make a dozen other modifications but the aircraft owner is held to the standards of the type certificate "or else".
    I suppose because there is absolutely no fear that pickups will be falling from the sky.

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    Depends on how high it's jacked up.

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    I suppose because there is absolutely no fear that pickups will be falling from the sky.

    Probably so but you're running down the road five feet side by side with a potentially unstable piece of machinery. Anyway, aircraft don't just "fall from the sky" .
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    "Anyway, aircraft don't just "fall from the sky" .[/QUOTE]

    They do if the wing attach point fails like this new AD is going to address.

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