The Victorian one is HDJ at Horsham.
Wombat
On 24/12/2014 8:27 AM, Greg Wilson wrote:
The USA were the only country to enforce a 3,000 hour life limit on
Centrair Pegase due to their interpretation of the maintenance manual
of that aircraft which had been translated from French to English. One
page of the manual stated 3,000 hour life extension while another
mentioned 3,000 life. When asked for a ruling (by some nutcase who
owned one in the USA), the FAA ruled on 3,000 life instantly grounding
all Pegase in that country with more than 3,000 hours. Many were still
flying in European clubs with more than 3,000 hours. That ruling in
the USA has only recently been overturned. The 2014 release of the
Pegase maintenance manual (in french) clearly states 3,000 hour life
extension.
AFAIK there are 2 Pegase in Australia, mine and one in a Vic club
(Benalla?).
Cheers,
Greg Wilson.
---- On Wed, 24 Dec 2014 05:08:39 +1100 *Jim Staniforth
<staniforth...@yahoo.com>* wrote ----
For reference, it isn't just GFA / CASA.
Even though EXP registration is much more common in the USA, FAA
is not interested in moving an aircraft to EXP for life extension
purposes. It has of course been tried with the Centrair Pegase.*
Under FAA regulations, an EXP aircraft can be flown by rated
pilots only. EXP two-seaters cannot be used for instruction or
rides. Single-seat EXP can be rented just like STD aircraft, or
used for towing.
In my experience, registering and insuring FAA EXP is no different
to STD. Just different paperwork.
Jim
*The Pegase now has a life extension program thanks to the work
primarily of Bob Carlton.
/...a Global Alternate Method Of Compliance (AMOC) that will raise
the current 3,000 hour life limit on Centrair Pegase 101, 101P,
101A and 101AP gliders to 4,500 hours/...
On 12/23/2014 5:41 AM, Mark Newton wrote:
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On 24 Dec 2014, at 12:27 am, Al Borowski<al.borow...@gmail.com>
<mailto:al.borow...@gmail.com> wrote:
Is there nothing like an 'Experimental' category in the glider world?
It seems weird to me that I can (in theory) jump into a home-designed
ultralight powered with a lawnmower motor, but can't operate a glider grounded
due to a paperwork issue.
The issue is fraught. GFA can issue experimental C-of-A's (or could until an audit a year or two ago, at any rate). But experimental aircraft can't be flown for hire or reward, including training; so a club can't feasibly operate them. CASA seems to take a dim view of an aircraft which meets a type certificate in all requirements except service life being operated as experimental. Except they're not consistent about it, because they obviously allow warbirds to remain in service well past their design life. You could probably operate a glider on an experimental C-of-A if it has a genuinely experimental feature, and if it was operated privately. Perhaps the IS28's at CQC wouldn't fit that template, - mark _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing listaus-soar...@lists.internode.on.net <mailto:Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net> To check or change subscription details, visit:http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
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