Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Cessna SkyCatcher completes ASTM complia...

Our opinion of "what it was meant to be" may differ from what the market decides it is.  In my opinion trikes shouldn't fly around with speeds in 3 digits and shouldn't have pods.  The market really doesn't care much about my opinion, does it?  :)

 

Jim

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Abid Farooqui

To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 9:45 PM

Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Cessna SkyCatcher completes ASTM complia...

 

Because it takes you completely diametrically in the opposite direction of what LSA were meant to be in.
I can assure you that many in FAA share my opinion and so does NTSB from the looks of it. This trend is the proverbial we are shooting ourselves in the foot strategy. We just don't know it yet.
This is just my opinion and my prediction, don't take it as gospel. I am just a normal run of the mill guy here.
Abid

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, Jay Maynard <jmaynard@...> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 02:33:16AM -0000, Abid Farooqui wrote:
> > I think its extremely foolish for us to take LSA and go in this IFR
> > direction. I know some manufacturers want to but if you want that fly a
> > Part 23. There is no reason to jump ASTM standards into replacing Part 23
> > or JAR. I believe this whole direction will eventually come to its logical
> > demise.
>
> Why? Why should an LSA not be as capable as a part 23 airplane? My Zodiac
> certainly is.
>
> I get a lot of folks saying that we shouldn't expect LSAs, or experimentals,
> to be held to the same safety standards, or have the same capabilities, as a
> Part 23 airplane. That makes no sense to me. If they're not as capable as a
> Part 23 airplane, then they'll always be second-class citizens, and THAT
> will do more damage to the LSA concept (or the experimental concept) than
> anything else.
> --
> Jay Maynard, K5ZC, PP-ASEL, CFI-SP http://www.conmicro.com
> http://jmaynard.livejournal.com http://www.tronguy.net
> Fairmont, MN (KFRM) (Yes, that's me!)
> AMD Zodiac CH601XLi N55ZC http://www.tronguy.net/N55ZC.shtml
>

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