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This may be what you're looking for. http://www.aircraftextras.com Steve

I know a lot people like the building process as much as or more than flying, and they may have been the great majority in the past, but I think that is changing. With the cost of new airplanes so out of reach for most, older planes getting older with only very expensive options available for...

So I think we could all agree it would be prudent to slow below Vno whenever you encounter hail any larger than a pea.:)

I was always taught that the Vno was the max speed for rough air, which is why it is the top of the green arc.

You get authorization from the manufacturer to make modifications to an sLSA.

Attached is a picture of my workspace. I completed the whole airplane in this space, including painting. When finished with the wings, I hung 1 from the ceiling and leaned the other against the wall where the fuse sits in this picture, got rid of the work table and finished up the fuse, FWF...

Ha! The green ones been flying since 1954. Mine has been flying for about 2 1/2 years (575 hours).

I built and fly an Zodiac CH640. It's a nice, well designed kit, from a good, established company. The plane flys well, has a good useful load, and decent performance. Here's a pic before I put the wheelpants on.

I love the airchart system. Easy to keep up to date and no more folding and unfolding charts, making sure I have the right charts for the flight etc.

I was fortunate enough to stop working and stay home with my 3 children for 4 years until they were all in school. I just want to say this to all the young fathers or fathers to be. I am a physician, and when I gave notice to my partners that I was quitting to stay at home with my kids, nobody...

In my area (around Augusta, GA), T-Mobile coverage stinks. There are large holes in the coverage if you get away from the interstate. I have to go outside to use my phone at home reliably, and at work I have to sit still in one corner of my office to keep it from droping out. With that said, I...

I built a Zodiac 640, which is considerably larger than the 7A, in a 1 car garage. You do need to be creative (I hung the completed wings from the ceiling), and will need storage elsewhere to keep it uncluttered enough to work. Even if the space is sub-optimal, your project will progress much...

I understand Ron's point, and the difficult position the SP rule puts he and other instructors in. However, if you go out and make up your own standards, where does it end? How often will you require a physicians letter? Without authorization from the pilot candidate, as given on the medical...

Bruce pretty much hit on the point I was trying to make in a rather roundabout way. Those looking for guidance from the FAA in the traditional sense concerning many LSA and SP issues are not going to get it; the FAA has taken themselves out of the loop.

My point was, if you look at 21.190(c), the responsibility for for setting, changing, reviewing the standards is given to the manufacturers, not the FAA. You can't make any modification you want, however the definition of what constitutes a major repair or alteration does not apply to an LSA...