Pegasus 3,000 hour FAA lifetime limit update...

One of our French speaking club members has been bugging Centrair once
in a while to see what they can do about correcting the Pegasus 101s
"lifetime limit" in the USA.

He's not a RASer, so I'm posting his note below.

---snip---

I just talked to Centrair, and the situation has progressed!

They finally got a meeting with the DGAC and the STDA (Technical
Services for civil aviation) on February 12. The DGAC decided to start
the process to generate a new certification which will bring the life of
all the Pegasus world wide to 6000 hours, extendable to 12000 hours.
This will reduce the existing life for some and extend it for others.

Now, the process involves making some technical assessment on the
gliders and other stuff she was not completely familiar with, but the
next step is a new meeting in June with these results. She figured it
will take until the end of the year for the certification to be out.

I then asked if there is anything the FAA can do in the meantime to
allow us to fly the glider, since the decision has been made to proceed
with these 6000 hours. She did not know if Greg was involved in the
discussions and said that I should take this matter directly with him.

I am planning to call him with this news and find out if he was present
at the meeting or informed about it. I also will ask about letting us to
fly this year, since the new certification is on its way.

---snip---

It is, of course, unlikely that the FAA will agree to let the ships fly
before all the official paperwork is done, but that's the story as we
know it today.

Meanwhile, if you're interested in a 4,200 Pegasus in good condition, I
have a deal for you... Seriously.

Jeremy