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Nuthin' in here about homebuilts that I kin see. As far as I can tell, this
is just creating a new class of "Certified" "Factory built and approved" airplanes - with the exception of reining in the illegal, overweight ultralights. After tracking this closely for a few years, here's a few points of "clarification", if I've got my facts straight: * The proposal allows "sport pilots" to fly any aircraft which meets the "light sport aircraft" limitations, regardless of whether said aircraft is certificated LSA, experimental / amateur built, or standard category, but possibly subject to some limitations. * "Light sport aircraft" can avoid all of the certification hassles of standard category, and the 51% rule of experimental amateur built, by meeting the consensus standards for LSA. * There is no "light sport aircraft experimental amateur built" -- those are two separate categories. * "Light sport aircraft" can be flown by "real" pilots, also, but this will not necessarily exempt the "real" pilots from the same limitations as "sport" pilots. Haven't taken the time to read the final rule that's going through the works. I'm waiting for the Cliff notes... Ed Wischmeyer |
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