"Bret Ludwig" wrote in message
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Does anyone recall ANY experimental aeroplane built by the current
leader of the Experimental Aircraft Association????

The organization's name is Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA),
not
Homebuilt Aviation Association (HAA). Your point in regards to our
second-generation President may be well taken, I don't recall him having
the
aviation background to match his father's; but there is more to
experimental
aviation than homebuilding. Classics, warbirds & Light Sport should come
quickly to mind, but did you know that many gliders are registered
Experimental
even though they may be factory made? Perhaps that is why many of the
glider
pilots I have met over the years are members of the EAA, even though they
get
precious little coverage in the EAA magizine.

The gliders are registered Experimental as a dodge against filing the
paperwork by their rich spoiled European manufacturers.


I believe all current production European manufactured gliders receive a
Standard airworthiness certificate when imported to the US. It has been
that way for several years. Previously these high performance competition
sailplanes were imported with an Experimental - Air Racing air worthieness
certificate.

As for me, I fly an Experimental (Amateur-Built) sailplane.
(http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder/HP-14/N990/N990.html)
It was designed by Richard Schreder EAA member #504.
(http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder/Sc...Biography.html)

Wayne
HP-14 "6F"
http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder