---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 03/22/12: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 04:15 AM - Re: Re: Gabrielle Gifford's Drug Bill Targets Ultralight Aircraft (Dana Hague) 2. 01:49 PM - Amelia Earhart, evidence "circumstantial" but &qu (Dennis Thate) 3. 03:49 PM - Re: Amelia Earhart, evidence "circumstantial" but &qu (kinne russ) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 04:15:44 AM PST US From: Dana Hague Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: Gabrielle Gifford's Drug Bill Targets Ultralight Aircraft Title 14: Aeronautics and Space =A7 1.1 General definitions. Aircraft means a device that is used or intended to be used for flight in the air. 91.1(a) says it it applies to "aircraft other than... ultralight vehicles". It doesn't say that an "ultralight vehicle" isn't an aircraft, just that it's not subject to Part 91. The FAA has ruled that ultralights are a legitimate "aeronautical activity" and must be allowed at any airport receiving federal funds, except where it would be unsafe to do so. Ultralights DO need prior permission to enter Class D, unlike an N-numbered plane which merely has to "establish contact-- this usually means a phone call first, not a radio call 5 miles out--- but it's generally allowed if it's not too busy. I know of guys who regularly fly PPGs into towered fields. I used to fly PPG with a group operating from a sod farm that was barely (about 1/4 mile) inside a class D. We had no radios, and just had to call the tower first. The rules were stay below 200' and depart the class D. We lost it because some clown in a PPC (not one of our group) was flying there without permission, and flying low over the town. When I talked [unsuccessfully] with the local FSDO about restoring permission, I asked about flying in to the airport itself in my Ultrastar, and was told no problem, just call the tower first. -Dana At 11:29 PM 3/21/2012, Richard Pike wrote: > >I disagree. "Part 91 Subpart A=94General =C2=A7 91.1 Applicability. > >(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section and >=C2=A7=C2=A791.701 and 91.703, this part prescribes rules governing the operation >of aircraft (other than moored balloons, kites, unmanned rockets, and >unmanned free balloons, which are governed by part 101 of this chapter, >and ultralight vehicles operated in accordance with part 103 of this >chapter) within the United States, including the waters within 3 nautical >miles of the U.S. coast." > >FAR part 103 always refers to Ultralights as vehicles, never as aircraft. > >On a more personal level, I spent most of my ATC career at TRI, and (back >in 1983-1987) because of this very issue, I finally licensed my Part 103 >legal Hummer as an Experimental Homebuilt under part 91. The regional >office told the tower chief who then briefed all of us that U/L vehicles >could not be given any ATC services because there was no way of >ascertaining if the operator could adhere to ATC instructions, (no license >or knowledge requirements) and since there were no requirements for >ultralight vehicles to have altimeters or compasses, it was impossible to >issue instructions requiring headings or altitudes because there was no >way to know if they could be carried out. The fact that I had a radio and >was a known licensed pilot was irrelevant. > >Since my airstrip is just inside the class D, (used to be called the >Airport Traffic Area) trying to deal with the hoop-jumping-through of part >103 was a real hassle. > >If they have changed that since I retired, I would be interested to hear >about it and read the applicable regs if you have a part and paragraph quote. > >-------- >Richard Pike >Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops) >richard (at) bcchapel(dot)org >Kingsport, TN 3TN0 >Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not >seen. >Hebrews 11:1 > > >Read this topic online here: > >http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=369111#369111 > > -- Computers run on smoke. If it leaks out, they don't work. ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 01:49:02 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Amelia Earhart, evidence "circumstantial" but &qu From: "Dennis Thate" Now, some folks from the International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery have enhanced a photo from 1937 that they say shows what may be the landing gear of her plane near the island of Nikumaroro, in what is now the nation of Kiribati. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-amelia-earhart-20120321,0,7442466.story -------- Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute. ~Gil Stern Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=369165#369165 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 03:49:29 PM PST US Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Amelia Earhart, evidence "circumstantial" but &qu From: kinne russ Denis Jut FYI I have met & talked with Gillespie of the TIGHAR, and got the impression that, frankly, he saw whatever he wanted to see. I'm not impressed with this "new' old pic, and I frankly doubt if AE's Lockheed really landed on the reef and then was washed off into 1600' of water. But that's me. I'm a suspicious sort. But I do wish him luck. Russ K On Mar 22, 2012, at 4:48 PM, Dennis Thate wrote: > > Now, some folks from the International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery have enhanced a photo from 1937 that they say shows what may be the landing gear of her plane near the island of Nikumaroro, in what is now the nation of Kiribati. > > http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-amelia-earhart-20120321,0,7442466.story > > -------- > Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute. ~Gil Stern > > > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=369165#369165 > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message kolb-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Kolb-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/kolb-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/kolb-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.