That said we should remember that certified aircraft will have a much more consistent level of QC!
Don I beg to differ with you. I feel from my experience working around two different flight schools and having air carrier pilots tell me stories about what they are having to fly with right now, I believe that the average KR builder will perform much better maintenance, and care of his aircraft than any A&P not required to fly in what he just repaired. This not meant to be a flame of A&P's, nor do I want to put down their craft, but I have taken a close look at ALOT of certified planes and some are down right scary and they are still considered AIRWORTHY. I would ride in Mark J's or Mark L's or Dan Heath's or a number of other KR's MUCH faster than taking a flight in a random plane off the average rental flight line. Case in point that no one noticed at Cessna that the tails were loose on ALL the R model C172s until a Comair Academy CFI killed his mother, fiancé's, and uncle in a crash when they lost the tail feathers due to the one bolt that holds the entire tail on was not threaded properly, and so when torqued properly at the factory, was still not holding tight. No QC person compared the new bolt to the old bolt on such a critical assembly. No thank you, but no, I am no believer that ANY certified plane is safer or better built, or better maintained than an Experimental. On the contrary I tend to go the other way.... Your opinion may be different.... Colin Rainey Independent Loan Officer Branch 2375 Apex Mortgage Company 386.615.3388 Office 407.739.0834 Cell 407.557.3260 Fax brokerpi...@bellsouth.net
