isn't a SLSA a certified aircraft?

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drseti wrote:
Merlinspop wrote:"Certificated" sounds to me as if it's British in origin.
Our whole language is British in origin, Andy (though you'd never know it...)
Two nations separated by a common language!

Of course, we know you have one foot in the other world.

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Ah, you posted a picture of my baby. Thank you, Eddie! (you'll notice that the hood is up, because it was raining).

In fact, my father learned English (or what passes for English) in Liverpool. Thus, most Americans couldn't tell that he was Polish (and most Brits couldn't understand him).
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drseti wrote:Ah, you posted a picture of my baby. Thank you, Eddie! (you'll notice that the hood is up, because it was raining).
It's a British car, I thought the hoods are always up? 8)
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MrMorden wrote:
drseti wrote:Ah, you posted a picture of my baby. Thank you, Eddie! (you'll notice that the hood is up, because it was raining).
It's a British car, I thought the hoods are always up? 8)
Silly Yank!

That's the bonnet.

BTW, a young Fast Eddie with his first car, also British!

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Aha -- a Spriget!
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FastEddieB wrote:Silly Yank!

That's the bonnet.
At least he's not a silly Canadian. They don't know what they're talking a boot.
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3Dreaming wrote:I think standard category would be a better choice.
In that case you're ejecting the primary category airplanes such as RANS S-7. It's not a big loss, but they do exist.
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zaitcev wrote:
3Dreaming wrote:I think standard category would be a better choice.
In that case you're ejecting the primary category airplanes such as RANS S-7. It's not a big loss, but they do exist.
No rejection intended. Primary category while built under a type certificate still has a special issue airworthiness certificte.
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Eddie knows that. His old Spriget really could fly!
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drseti wrote:Eddie knows that. His old Spriget really could fly!
1) It could, especially with the Judson supercharger I installed! (When it ran right!)

2) I wonder how SU's would do on the ROTAX?
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http://www.flygas.info/en/kit-rotax-engines.html

Going to take a lot of room under the cowl.
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isn't a SLSA a certified aircraft?

Certified and General Aviation too.
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I'm not certain if an S-LSA is legally placed in the "Certificated" family of aircraft but I know all EAB's are NOT certificated and they all have a pink Airworthiness Certificated.

* In my "old-school" vernacular, for an aircraft to be certificated, its manufacture must be covered by a published FAA Type Certificate.
* In more recent reg's, a plane on the ramp that can be rented needs to be a certificated aircraft unless it had a Letter of Deviation Authority (LODA).
S-LSA's can be rented-out.

I'm leaning in favor of S-LSA's fitting the de-facto definition of a certificated aircraft.
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