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Brad
Okay, just trying to learn more about the differences here. And it seems that it is also sometimes LOOA?
So from the Cirrus thread I learned a lot about Type Rating. But I also had heard about LOA's. So let me see if I get this right:
If you want to fly a DC-3 you'll need a Type Rating due to its weight. Sticking with piston aircraft. It seems you'll need a LOA to fly that gorgeous F4U Corsair or P-51 mustang. The later have very high horsepower, high Vne speeds and are experimental (which I didn't know). But there must be something of WWII vintage that is both heavy and high enough horsepower and experimental that could need both? Isn't a B-17 or B-29 experimental and high horsepower and sort of meets both requirements?
So from the Cirrus thread I learned a lot about Type Rating. But I also had heard about LOA's. So let me see if I get this right:
If you want to fly a DC-3 you'll need a Type Rating due to its weight. Sticking with piston aircraft. It seems you'll need a LOA to fly that gorgeous F4U Corsair or P-51 mustang. The later have very high horsepower, high Vne speeds and are experimental (which I didn't know). But there must be something of WWII vintage that is both heavy and high enough horsepower and experimental that could need both? Isn't a B-17 or B-29 experimental and high horsepower and sort of meets both requirements?