View Single Post
  #5  
Old November 25th 06, 03:33 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring,rec.aviation.homebuilt
Brad
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 53
Default Pipistrel Kit Aircraft now FAA 51% Accepted

Really? so the whole staff gets flipped?

Brad

BTW.......when did you last hear of a kit that wasn't accepted as
amateur built by the FAA?


Ron Wanttaja wrote:
On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 23:11:20 GMT, "Opie" wrote:


"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message
.. .
On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 04:36:22 GMT, USER wrote:



Ummm, well, no. Aircraft still have to go through the certification
process.
The 51%-certification is a nice-to-have, but in itself doesn't guarantee
the FAA
will certify the airplane as Experimental Amateur-Built. It's still
possible
for the FAA to reject certification of an individual aircraft.


C'mon Ron. You make it sound like the FAA guys are an officious bunch of
self righteous bureaucrats!


For the next (at least) two years, they'll be officious self-lefteous
bureaucrats. :-)

Ron Wanttaja