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On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 22:00:54 -0500, Roger <GetValidAddress@my.com>
wrote:
>Probably 10 to 15 years ago we had one up and KHTL. The guy rebuilt
>and modified for quite a few years. Ended up with a Corvette engine in
>it. Last I heard it was flying, but it left HTL and I do not know what
>happened after that. At any rate the FAA gave him an amateur build
>experimental certificate for it. No, I do not remember the N# but it
>was based at HTL for years. I probably have some photos of it buried
>some where.
It's come out the other way, too.
There was a Yak 3 at Camirillo years ago. The owner stripped it bare,
replaced all they hydraulics, put a Packard V12 engine in it, American
brakes and wheels, an American prop, new controlls, new wiring, a new
instrument panel and avionics, had a new canopy blown that he
installed, re-skinned it and painted it.
Objectively speaking he did significantly more than 50%, but the only
way FAA would license it was as exhibition.
They're trying to draw a line on a slippery slope. It'll move around
some.
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