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Old October 5th 05, 01:36 AM
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When I sent in my paperwork to the FAA in Okla it was printed very
clear that there was a Ford V-8 in my plane. They somehow registered
the motor used in it as " UNKNOWN". I don't know if this was a
mistake on their part or the way they wanted to show it in the
database.There is no way in hell I will try to correct the info cause
that will screw up the works for sure. Kinda makes one wonder how many
other things are not listed properly......

Ben Haas
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www.haaspowerair.com




Ron Wanttaja wrote:
There are about 110 US airplanes registered with Ford engines, of which about 40
are Pietenpols that probably carry a Model A. A search for airplanes listed
with "Blanton" or "Javelin" engines came up blank (with "*BLAN*" and "*JAV*" as
search terms).

There are about 14 airplanes registered with variations of "V6" and
"STOL"...some of which are included above, but a bit less than half are listed
merely with an experimental engine.

There are about 3600 total homebuilts that are listed with an experimental
engine, but the aircraft types mostly preclude their being powered by the V-6
engine (e.g., lots of Avids, Kitfoxes, etc.). There are also about 275
homebuilts with no listing of engine type (mostly ultralight-type designs).

This was from the January 2005 FAA aircraft registration database.

Ron Wanttaja