Re: Experimentals To Be Banned To Rural Air****ts?

Bob F. writes:

> First an "experimental" aircraft in aviation talk is just another 
> classification.  The characteristics may be well known and just doesn't
fit 
> into any other class.

My impression is that many aircraft are called experimental in order to
get
around certain troublesome regulations.

> Secondly,  I have personally flown a number of experimental Boeing
aircraft 
> into LAX when I worked for the flight test group there.  I believe
B747-100 
> s/n 1 is still classified as experimental.  And I flew B401, 2 and 3
(the 
> first 3 747-400 designated a/c).   They too were classified as
experimental 
> and flew into a lot of  large air****ts with heavy population.

How many hours had they flown elsewhere before they visited those large
air****ts?