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  • How do I certify a homebuilt trike?

    This isn't specific to trikes, but I was having a conversation with Attawayl the other day about how to get a homebuilt trike certified. I figured no one is better at this than folks over at the EAA, and I found a pretty useful link over at their forum site.  Turns out the EAA has a h...

    Tags: Home build, certification, airworthiness, inspection, FAA, FSDO

  • How is your safety Equipment Mounted? Potential ELT / Antenna Problem

    I just got this FAA Safety notice by email.  Basically they wanted pilots/mechanics aware that some ELTs are breaking free of their antenna connection on impact--> useless for emergency notification.  Many of you don't use ELTs, but some trikers do.  But it got me thinkin...

    Tags: Safety Equipment, surviving the impact, ELT antenna problems, FAA, Crash test, impacting the dashboard, information, airworthiness, engineer, airplane, transportation

  • Ramp Checks

    THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A RAMP CHECK FOR PART 91 OPERATIONS We should all be exercising our rights given to us in the constitution and refusing ramp checks. Be polite, and read below: This is a fact that should be known by all private (part 91) pilots: Seen at: http://a...

    Tags: airworthiness, certificate, acknowledging, comes, passengers