Latest on Pipistrel.
http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Pipistrel_US_Approval_207245-1.html
So the FAA *CAN* find its arse with both hands, a mirror and a hound
dog (They probably needed Google Earth and a GPS as well, though).
Mike
Borgelt Instruments - design & manufacture of qualit
At 11:17 AM 23/08/2012, you wrote:
What a good story (and I am sure that its true). What are we to do
about this dreadful disease...government funded ineptitude
(cowardice? irrelevance?) and sheer stupidity. I see so much of it,
and an increasing amount of it, as I move between the UK, New
Zea
us-soaring@lists.internode.on.net
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:37:43 +1000
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] certification
If it’s not on the internet, it can’t be true. mike From:
aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net
[mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Mike Borgelt
Sent: Thursday, 23 Augu
ubject: Re: [Aus-soaring] certification
Ah the joys and benefits of certification by government bureaucrats.
http://www.avweb.com/avwebbiz/news/Pipistrel_Imports_Suspended_207237-1.html
Mike
Borgelt Instruments - design & manufacture of quality soaring
instrumentat
Ah the joys and benefits of certification by government bureaucrats.
http://www.avweb.com/avwebbiz/news/Pipistrel_Imports_Suspended_207237-1.html
Mike
Borgelt Instruments - design & manufacture of quality soaring
instrumentation since 1978
www.borgeltinstruments.com
tel: 07 4635 5784
Mark and others,
There's one more problem with certification and it is one that isn't obvious:
How many good ideas aren't even started because the certification
process is too daunting and expensive?
Mike
BTW a JS1 was bailed out of in the USA a few days ago. Broken rudder
cable leading t
At 11:00 AM 4/05/2012, you wrote:
There is nothing in this statement from Mike B that contradicts what
I wrote. It is not I that misunderstands the certification process
or the politics surrounding it. I think that Mike B does too, but
objects to some of the consequences of the process and t
On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 11:00:54AM +1000, Mike Cleaver wrote:
> Many people rail against "certification" for gliders and say we do not
> need it. Would they likewise say that we should all be able to go out
> and buy a car that had not been shown to meet the Australian Design
> Rules?
Yes
There is nothing in this statement from Mike B that contradicts what I
wrote. It is not I that misunderstands the certification process or the
politics surrounding it. I think that Mike B does too, but objects to
some of the consequences of the process and the politics.
A South African manufac
