"Rick Pellicciotti" wrote in message
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Very nicely done. I have been approached by three different parents
groups, representing three

different schools in my area over the years. All of them wanting to do a
project like this.

Ultimately, none of them got started once the school's lawyers got wind
of it.

Regards,

Rick Pellicciotti



Yeah lawyers - whatever they think or do can't change that the fact that
life is a risk, you're born, you live, then you die.
At one point in this project there was a hint that the project would be
completed then made unairworthy and used for ground instruction purposes
only but this was only minor posturing amongst a couple of state education
bureaucrats jostling for attention or something.
Similarly the Office of the State Minister of Education gave extremely
careful consideration to the fact that the Minister was to be the CoR
holder - but on this occasion practical common sense did prevail.

In reality probably enough metal was used to make one and half planes - if a
piece didn't come up to the mark, it was of course scrapped and the students
lead through the process that would ensure that next time it would be up to
standard. But they knew this - I doubt there was one student involved over
life of the project who didn't realise the responsiblilty of what they were
doing.
I saw kids take a piece to the instructor and say - "this isn't good enough
is it?" - and they would know why too. Too often we underestimate (and
misunderstand) the level of real responsibiltity that our youth will
willingly take given the right environment and context.

In addition of course the aircraft is clearly placarded as Experimental,
passengers only ride if they agree to do so at their own risk; it is not a
training aircraft, only those appropriately transistioned will fly it; and
it will not be rented out commercially. These operating parameters have
been known and articulated since the beginning of the project and everyone
is happy to abide by them.

Tell the lawyers to take their scaremongering elsewhere.

cheers
Aubrey