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Don Maxwell - Jan 18,2006
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The Seaplane Pilots Association is supporting an application by the Czech Aircraft Works requesting the FAA to waive the prohibition on repositioning landing gear in flight and certify its Mermaid amphibian as a Light Sport airplane. Read all about it (and voice your own opinion) here: <a href="http://www.seaplanes.org/advocacy/lsamphib.htm">http://www.seaplanes.org/advocacy/lsamphib.htm</a><br />
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Mark Alan MacKinnon - Jan 18,2006
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The comment window is very narrow on this. The FAA has spoken out of both sides of it's face on this issue, and now it seems they have no intention of fixing their poor wording in the rules regarding LSA amphibians. Here's the notice posted by SPA:<br /><br />Dear Members:<br /><br />** Comments due this coming Tuesday, January 24, 2006 **<br /><br />A petition by Czech Aircraft Works for exemption from current Light <br />Sport rules opens a new opportunity for members to encourage the FAA to <br />accept amphibious landing gear on light sport aircraft, but the window <br />for comments is very tight! <br /><br />The petition seeks certification of the Czech Aircraft Works Mermaid <br />with an exemption to permit amphibious landing gear. Czech Aircraft Works <br />has been denied S-LSA certification on grounds that the airplane's <br />amphibious landing gear can be repositioned in flight. The Seaplane Pilots <br />Association first warned potential buyers and manufacturers that FAA <br />verbal claims about the acceptability of amphibious landing gear were not <br />backed by the written Light Sport rules in 2004. The FAA has since <br />acknowledged that the Light Sport rules as written do not permit amphibious <br />operations, and has repeatedly indicated that the rule's language was a <br />mistake that would be corrected. To date, no correction has been made. <br /><br />Czech Aircraft Work's petition gives the public an opportunity to <br />provide official comments to the FAA in support of permitting amphibious <br />landing gear on Light Sport Aircraft. If approved, the petition will also <br />clear the way for further exemptions and/or accelerate revision of the <br />Light Sport rules. <br /><br />For more information about this issue, including how to comment, visit <br />SPA's Issue Brief at <a href="http://www.seaplanes.org/advocacy/lsamphib.htm.">http://www.seaplanes.org/advocacy/lsamphib.htm.</a><br /><br />Michael Volk<br />President<br /><br />
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Jim Matyas - Jan 21,2006
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frank....i don't thing anything in this world would improve public transportation in this USA unless you live in Manhatten.
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Jim Matyas - Jan 21,2006
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1956 0.25 per gallon...let's see......inflation doubles cost of living every 8 yrs....that means gas should be 16.00/gall = or -4$....yow much is gas in Munich now?
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Kenneth Leonard - Jan 21,2006
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I think your inflation calculation is based on Jimmy Carter's Presidency... that only holds true at about 12% annual inflation rate... Besides, inflation depends on the industry. If you look at the cost of computers, they have DEflated several million % in the past 2 decades @ cost per task. Then again, our housing market grew 34% last year. Iraqis are having a fit over the local price rising to 50 cents per gallon for gas. Go figure.
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Dan Nickens - Feb 16,2006
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According to the EAA newsletter the Mermaid has been accorded special LSA status. Five deliveries are scheduled by the end of this month.
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Don Maxwell - Feb 16,2006
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Good news! It sets a precedent, demonstrates that an amphibian can qualify as LSA.
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