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by Bill McCarthy
Tue Jan 15, 2008 5:43 pm
Forum: LAA Struts
Topic: Web Strut
Replies: 80
Views: 83482

There is a list of regional stuts and contacts in every LA magazine (page 54 of the first issue). Jamie, your nearest is perhaps the biggest - on area size - the Highland strut, based at Inverness. It stretches from Shetland to Perth and from the Outer Hebrides to Aberdeen. My round trip is 250 mile...
by Bill McCarthy
Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:30 pm
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: LAA maintaenace Courses
Replies: 9
Views: 10320

Dave, Since SSDR is with us, and as a means of progression to deregulation of ALL single seat aircraft, how do you think the CAA would look upon the qualification of an owner/pilot through unique to type LAA courses to repermit his own aircraft. The standard application paperwork to be still process...
by Bill McCarthy
Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:16 pm
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: Access to Previous Modifications?
Replies: 18
Views: 19993

Jamie, Be in no doubt that I am sympathetic to your concerns. I would have thought that the LAA would have specified the definitive modification work required in order to achieve permit to fly status when you registered the project. This is especially important when structural components and airwort...
by Bill McCarthy
Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:13 am
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: Access to Previous Modifications?
Replies: 18
Views: 19993

Jamie, The KR2 was one of the most popular aircraft featured in the "New Projects" section of our magazine in the seventies and eighties. The LAA must hold a host of approved modifications for this type. I notice however that quite a few that come up for sale are overweight and hence are sold as "si...
by Bill McCarthy
Wed Jan 09, 2008 9:31 am
Forum: Hangar Chat
Topic: Connecting to the LAA site
Replies: 15
Views: 14470

With the old website, it felt like the yellow on black was more restful to the eyes. I need a pair of dark specs for the new layout.