March 7th 08, 11:55 AM
posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt,rec.aviation.piloting
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A Call to Arms from Richard VanGrunsven
stol wrote in
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On Mar 6, 11:03*pm, cavelamb himself wrote:
Jim Logajan wrote:
Jim Logajan wrote:
The FAA is about to make it a whole hell of a lot harder for people
to build safe amateur built aircraft. Richard VanGrunsven, founder
of one of the most successful kit aircraft companies, has written
up a warning and a call to arms about the issue. You can read it
beginning on page 3 of this document:
http://doc.vansaircraft.com/RVator/2...008-RVator.pdf
Also consider using this site (to save Vans Aircraft some bandwidth
load
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http://www.vansairforce.net/rvator/1-2008-RVator.pdf
Sounds more like they want to make it harder
to_have_one_built_for_you.
* These articles explain the FAA's concerns over excessive commercial
abuses of the Experimental Amateur Built (E-AB) licensing category.
The ARC committee was created as an FAA/EAA/ Industry process to
address the FAA concerns and to recommend corrective actions.
I agree with the , " harder to have one built for you" concept.. I
have been to several airshows-fly-ins etc, and chat with experimental
owners who sit under the wings of their bought homebuilts and bask in
the glow of,, See what I built crap. Later in the conversation they
usually say " Yeah, Ol Clem up in Montana, Texas, Florida", pick a
state, " did a great job of building my wizbang 200 mph toy. In my
mind they are lying sacks of **** and with this action are poking
their finger in the eyes of the FAA. The intent of experimental /
homebuilts rule was for the " educational and recreational aspect of
the builder, not to see who has the most money.. IMHO.
I agree. I couldn't be bothered to travel to OSH now...
Bertie
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