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From: cfiaime@ihnp4.UUCP (Jeff Williams)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: FAA deregulation
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Date: Thu, 18-Oct-84 23:57:50 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 18 23:57:50 1984
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I am all for the primary airplane regulations as proposed by the EAA
and AOPA.  However, several of the later ammendments to FAR 23 are nice,
like non-siphoning fuel tanks, fail-safe primary structure (wings, tail),
stronger landing gear, no pitch change with flap movement, and the like.
Many of these improvements in later airplanes are clearly better than the
aircraft designed under CAR 8 such as the Cessna 150, Piper Cherokee series,
Beech Bonanza series, and the like.

Don't get me wrong, I am a fan of antique aircraft.  The older airplanes
often perform better on smaller engines than the airplanes built today.
BUT, my 1940 Funk does not have a fail-safe wing spar or tail group.  My
brother's J-3 Cub has a 2.5 g wing strut.  There was no fatigue testing
on the older airplanes, so the Beech 18 now has a fatigued wing spar problem.

The primary airplane is a fantastic idea.  We need a less expensive airplane
for the non-commercial pilot.  I hope that the FAA acts positivly on this
proposal.

Now, how about the recreational pilot certificate as proposed by the National
Association of Flight Instructors?

As a note about the primary airplane.  I am presently flight testing an all
composite two-seat airplane for a group in Sugar Grove, Illinois.  We are
looking at this airplane for certification.  Once the announcement is printed
in AOPA Pilot, I will post a flight test report on the net.  (The flight test
report has been submitted to EAA Sport Aviation, so those of you who belong
to EAA may get a chance to read this report and see pictures of this fantastic
little airplane.)  More data coming as I am given permission to release it.

                        Jeff Williams
                        AT&T Bell Laboratories
                         ihnp4!cfiaime
                        (the userid are also my credentials, 
                         the password was my licence "atpmulti".)