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Posts tagged as "Experimental"
Sean Elliott, Experimental Aircraft Association (3/29/11)
EAA's 2011 Report to Homebuilders was published a little over a week ago and there are some interesting facts that came out of it. Sean Elliot joins us to talk about the good news that the number of registered Amateur-Built Experimental aircraft have increased as have the numbers of hours flown in those aircraft. Better yet, the accident and fatal-accident rates in these aircraft have improved more than in any other segment in the U.S. Aviation fleet.
Jeremy Monnett, Sonex Aircraft (2/15/11)
Sonex's single-place airplane made its first flight and Jeremy Monnett joins us to talk about how it went.
Jim Sweeney, SweeneyCorp (2/1/11)
One of the meetings that Jim Sweeney attended while in Sebring was hosted by the FAA and its purpose was to achieve one of the FAA Administrator's goals, the reduction of fatalities in amateur-built aircraft. Several ideas were discussed including getting aviation organizations and insurance companies more involved. However, preventing fatalities was an area where a better LODA procedure could be instrumental for all sorts of experimental aircraft.
Onex Single-Place, Folding-Wing, Aerobatic Sport Aircraft Makes First Flight
Sonex Aircraft, LLC is proud to announce that the number one prototype of the new Onex single-place, folding-wing kit aircraft made its first flight yesterday, January 27, 2011 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, WI. Piloted by Sonex General Manager, CEO, and Onex designer Jeremy Monnett, the AeroVee-powered N111NX made an extensive flight orbiting the ...
Work Begins on Plan to Lower A-B Fatal Accident Rate
EAA Government & Advocacy Specialist David Oord was in Sebring, Florida, last week meeting with several task forces and committees regarding light-sport aircraft certification and GA safety initiatives. In these ongoing collaborations with government and industry entities, EAA plays a key role, evolving standards for light-sport aircraft and working with the FAA to lower the ...
Turbine Powered Zenith CH701
Small planes with turbine engines are always interesting to see (and listen to!) This one-of-a-kind project is Scott Ehni’s custom Zenith CH701 airplane (that he scratch-built from plans) powered by a lightweight Garrett turboshaft engine, putting out at least 90 BHP. The small APU will work on almost any liquid that will burn. The best ...
The Limits of Operating Limitations
EAA’s Joe Norris talks about operating limitations in his “Tales from the DAR Side” series. he FAA uses the term “operating limitations” to mean many things. On a type-certificated aircraft the operating limitations will include some combination of approved performance data such as an approved flight manual or pilot’s operating handbook, required placards and markings, ...
John Monnett, Sonex Aircraft (12/7/10)
Last week the Sonex E-Flight Initiative electric-powered aircraft took its first flight at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. John Monnett, the team leader and pilot of the aircraft, joins us to talk about the work that went into the first hop for the electric Waiex and explains what the next steps will be.
James Wiebe, Belite Aircraft (12/7/10)
James Wiebe joins us to catch up with details at Belite. Their instruments are starting to show up in other ultralight aircraft and they are offering more options with their own Belite series of airplanes.
EAA Urges E-LSA Owners to Hang in There
Are you a pilot whose patience is running out waiting for the FAA to issue a Letter of Deviation Authority (LODA) so you can resume giving instruction in your experimental light-sport aircraft? If you’re one of the hundreds of E-LSA owners who had a training deviation prior to January 31, 2010, but are now considering ...