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Gotcha, so it's still not abandoned, just converted to a dragway. I wonder if he was the only guy flying from it?The airport - abandoned - has been used for drag racing for a long time.
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WUltralight flying "doesn't fall within the jurisdicion of the FAA." No, part 103 is under the FAA's jurisdiction.
And that is true. Neither the FAA nor the NTSB investigates Ultralight crashes to find cause. I wonder if they will investigate E-LSAs?
Thanks, I had a knee-jerk reaction there. Does the FAA investigate crashes at all, or just the NTSB?Misquoted. The actual quote is: Chief Trafton said crashes of single-passenger ultralight aircraft do not fall within the jurisdiction of the Federal Aviation Administration. And that is true. Neither the FAA nor the NTSB investigates Ultralight crashes to find cause.
As for the "E", they investigate experimental homebuilts. I don't see why not E-LSAs. They and their pilots are FAA regulated. The only difference is LSAs (not E-LSAs) are built to non governmental (ASTM Consensus) standards instead of part 23. Whew! That's confusing!I wonder if they will investigate E-LSAs?
Thanks, I had a knee-jerk reaction there. Does the FAA investigate crashes at all, or just the NTSB?
As for the "E", they investigate experimental homebuilts. I don't see why not E-LSAs. They and their pilots are FAA regulated. The only difference is LSAs (not E-LSAs) are built to non governmental (ASTM Consensus) standards instead of part 23. Whew! That's confusing!
The E- part is Experimental, as in a kit or scratch built. My J-3 replica could be an E-LSA. A Piper J-3 cannot. I believe the "fat ultralights" are largely factory built machines and 2-place ULs not being used purely for training, plus many homebuilt ULs with a weight problem.True, but most E-LSAs are nothing more than Ultralights that went through the conversion process....that's why I ask. Its definitely gonna add to the NTSB backlog if they investigate those crashes.
The E- part is Experimental, as in a kit or scratch built. My J-3 replica could be an E-LSA.
Most definitely.It could also be an E-AB
Since you can't operate a true UL over a "congested area" it would be interesting to take a 103 legal UL, register it as an LSA, and fly it out of a towered airport in the middle of a city, just because you can! Tower: "Learjet 12345, please slow to 40 knots for the ultralight on short final."I have to see the numbers to be sure, but I'll bet the majority of E-LSAs are fat ultralights (not just fat ones, any ultralight will qualify). That's why I'm curious if they'll start investigating them. True, they are technically going to just be experimental aircraft, which makes me thing that they will investigate them. It will make the backlog much longer, that's for sure.