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

jimp@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

> In rec.aviation.owning Mxsmanic <mxsmanic@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>>My impression is that many aircraft are called experimental in order to
get
>>around certain troublesome regulations.
> 
> And your "impression" is wrong.

Exactly so.

> All experimental means is that the manufacturer, whoever that may be,
> didn't go through the process to certify the aircraft in one of the
> other catagories with the FAA.

Yep.  Newly developed aircraft that haven't yet been put into
production, (hint: 777 Freighter, 787, other new types and derivatives)
but are about to enter flight test, all fly as experimental aircraft
during flight test.  And only the wildly delusional and stupid believe
that a company like, say, Boeing, is trying to "get around certain
troublesome regulations."  This is true for other aircraft manufacturers
as well, particularly in the USA.

> The Anatov AN-2 [...]  guess what it is registered as if you buy one and
> register it in the US?

Anthony has no need to prove knowledge of this.  It's a testosterone
thing, y'know.  No need to back up anything with facts and cites when
you have Proof By Blatant Assertion.