Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group The latest EAA Hotline

Its a South African registration (no N number). Its obviously not LSA in this modified (extremely large fuel tanks) configuration but it will be available as a LSA with its regular fuel tanks.
Abid

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Watson" <bill@...> wrote:
>
> Whuffo they try to go from CA to HI while hoping for tailwinds??????? Dare
> to Dream!! Maybe the Navy will have a carrier 1/2 way that they can stop on?
> I notice that all the photos have carefully placed people in front of the
> tail number. --Bill Watson bill@...
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of Bob Comperini
> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 4:52 PM
> To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group The latest EAA Hotline
>
> Today, EAA writes about this "around the world trip" being made. The article
> is here: http://www.airventure.org/news/2009/090729_sling.html
>
> Can some please explain to me, how a a plane that has an empty weight of 799
> lbs, carries two people, and has been modified to carry over "118 gallons of
> fuel", can possibly be called an LSA?
>
> Ok ok, its probably not really registered as an LSA, so I'm not sure they
> should be referring to it as one.
>
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