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PPCO Twist System Vol.3VoV l.3 No.5NoN .5 I MayMaM y 2014202014 TheThhe SpSpiritirriti ofof HomebuiltHoH mebuillt AviationAviation I www.eaa.orgwww.w eaeaaa.ororg OneOne WeekWeek WWonderonder HelpHelp buildbuild thethe CHCH 750750 WheelsWheels andand BrakesBrakes SomeSome tipstips forfor purchasingpurchasing FlyingFlying WithWith YourYour SmartphoneSmartphone TopTop aviationaviation appsapps BreezyCelebratingC l b i aatt 550!0! AnAn OshkoshOshkosh iiconcon EEAAEXP_May14.inddAAEXP_May14.indd 1 55/5/14/5/14 33:10:10 PPMM TOWER FREQUENCY EAA and Personal Aviation BY JACK PELTON FROM THE START EAA has worked hard to gain the freedom to fl y the On the water, drivers of small launches used to carry boat kind of aircraft we want for our own personal reasons. You can call owners out to their boats must have Coast Guard licenses, the our fl ying recreational, private, sport, or whatever you want, but launches must be inspected regularly, and the launch drivers the bottom line is our brand of fl ying is strictly personal. must pass random drug tests. The launch driver is ferrying a EAA has succeeded greatly in helping to create rules that skipper to a boat that is often many times the size of the launch, allow individuals to build and fl y their own aircraft, whatever but that large-boat owner is not regulated because he uses the that aircraft may be. Builders can use their airplanes with essen- boat only for his own personal and private reasons. tially no restrictions except that the fl ying must be for It’s the same in our homes. There are some common sense personal—not commercial or for hire—reasons. rules requiring smoke detectors in most locales, and maybe a We have also been successful helping to keep warbirds fl ying few other basics like that, but in general our private homes are under usually reasonable standards. Many of these airplanes were not regulated. Convert that same building into a bed and break- never certifi ed under any category, but by working with the FAA fast, rent rooms, and serve meals, and you leap into an entirely we have helped preserve an important part of our fl ying history. new, and often intense, regulatory environment because your But EAA and other pilot groups have had less success in estab- home is now a commercial operation. And that’s as it should be. lishing logical and workable regulations of standard category So what we at EAA are asking is for personal fl ying to be private airplanes fl own strictly for personal reasons—until now. treated the same as other private activities. We are not of ering Finally, with some pressure from Congress, we are starting to see our airplanes for public transportation, the risks of private fl y- the FAA consider rule changes that make sense for private aviation. ing just like private boating or a private residence are our own, A fi rst step was creation of the light-sport aircraft category and we can deal with them. several years ago. LSA can be “certifi ed” under a consensus stan- The congressionally mandated restructuring of the FAR Part dard instead of the conventional FARs that regulate standard 23 rules that govern certifi cation of airplanes weighing less than category airplanes. Pilots fl ying LSA can also use a driver’s 12,500 pounds are headed in the right direction. The new rules license as evidence of fi tness to fl y instead of an FAA issued will set goals for performance and safety and allow manufactur- third-class medical certifi cate. ers to meet those goals in a variety of ways. New technology will Both the new aircraft certifi cation standard of LSA and the be encouraged, not burdened with leaden rules. And there is at driver’s license medical have worked. There is no measurable least a goal of giving standard airplane owners the ability to do dif erence in the safety of LSA aircraft in terms of structure and much of their own maintenance and use airworthy but not nec- performance, and absolutely no evidence that pilots fl ying with essarily certifi ed components. a driver’s license instead of a medical are any less safe. And now the FAA is formulating new medical standards that This success should surprise absolutely nobody. In fact, LSA we expect will allow many to fl y for personal reasons with a driv- and the driver’s license medical procedure bring personal avia- er’s license. At this writing the new proposed rules have not been tion closer in line with the way other activities are regulated. issued, and details are always important, but Congress is pressuring For example, if you drive a big Class A motor home on your the FAA to act, and so are EAA, AOPA, and other aviation groups. own private trips there is very little regulation. If you drive a bus It’s way too soon to declare victory, but our combined ef orts of similar size and charge people for the ride, the bus, the driver, are starting to pay of . We fl y for personal reasons, and we and the operator all must meet signifi cant standards designed to should be treated the same as other private activities always ensure minimum safety. have been. On the cover: Carl Unger prepares to give another passenger for a ride. (Photography courtesy of EAA Archives) 2 Vol.3 No.5 / May 2014 Photography by Jason Toney EEAAEXP_May14.inddAAEXP_May14.indd 2 55/5/14/5/14 33:11:11 PPMM Vol.3 No.5 I May 2014 CONTENTS EAA PUBLICATIONS Features Founder: Paul H. Poberezny Publisher: Jack J. Pelton, EAA Chairman of the Board Vice President of Marketing: Rick Larsen Editor-in-Chief: J. Mac McClellan Homebuilding Community Manager: Charlie Becker Editor: Mary Jones/EditEtc. LLC 12 Breezy at the 20 One Week Wonder Senior Graphic Designer: Chris Livieri Half-Century Mark Audience participation to build a News Editor: Ric Reynolds 50 years of pure aviating Zenith Cruzer in record time Copy Editor: Colleen Walsh BY BUDD DAVISSON BY BUDD DAVISSON Multimedia Journalist: Brady Lane Visual Properties Administrator: Jason Toney Contributing Writers: Charlie Becker, Departments Budd Davisson, Dan Grunloh, Mary Jones, Tim Kern , Ed Kolano 02 Tower Frequency 06 News from HQ BY JACK PELTON NEWS FROM EAA 04 Homebuilder’s Corner 10 Flightline ADVERTISING BY CHARLIE BECKER INDUSTRY NEWS Display Sue Anderson Columns Mailing Address: P.O. Box 3086, Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086 26 What Our Members Are Building Phone: 920-426-4800 Bringing an RV-8 to completion Fax: 920-426-4828 BY MARY JONES E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.EAA.org 29 Under the Cowl Need to change your address or have Choosing Wheels and Brakes other membership questions? BY TIM KERN Call 800-564-6322 (800-JOIN EAA). EAA® and SPORT AVIATION®, the EAA Logo® 35 Flight Testing Techniques and AERONAUTICATM are registered trade- Longitudinal Static Stability, Part II marks, trademarks, and service marks of the BY ED KOLANO Experimental Aircraft Association, Inc. The use of these trademarks and service marks without the permission of the Experimental Aircraft As- 38 Light Plane World sociation, Inc. is strictly prohibited. Flying With Your Smartphone BY DAN GRUNLOH EAA Experimenter 3 EEAAEXP_May14.inddAAEXP_May14.indd 3 55/5/14/5/14 33:11:11 PPMM HOMEBUILDER’S CORNER Volunteer Jim Martin (blue vest) helps members practice covering techniques. Building Upgrades + Volunteers = Great workshops at Oshkosh 2014 BY CHARLIE BECKER NO ONE IS BORN knowing how to build an aircraft. You have to providing “live” Hints for Homebuilders, patterned after start your learning somewhere. One of the best places to start our successful video series. If you want to meet some of the is our annual EAA convention—EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. “stars” of our video series, come on by and attend one of the Each day, hands-on workshops are held to show how to work live sessions. with wood, composites, sheet metal, and how to do gas and The new buildings will be an impressive sight and will TIG welding and fabric covering. These workshops are open make the workshop area look great. But at the end of the day, to anyone wanting to learn, and they are free to anyone on they are just buildings. It is the volunteers who breathe life the grounds. into the workshop area and create the real value for those Workshops have been a part of EAA’s annual conven- wanting to build an aircraft. It is the volunteers who show tion since its early days. Some of the first structures built in up early to cut material, set up workbenches, and organize the convention’s move from Rockford to Oshkosh were the the tools. It is the volunteers who dedicate their time at workshop buildings. Unfortunately, things wear out, and that Oshkosh to teach the classes on composites, wood, sheet is the case for our workshop buildings. If buildings have an metal, fabric covering, gas and TIG welding, and more. It is expiration date, we are about 10 years past it. the volunteers who assist the students as they drive their The good news is your organization is making a major first rivet, run their first weld bead, or glue their first fabric financial commitment to upgrade the workshop buildings seam. And it is the volunteers who clean up when it is done. at AirVenture Oshkosh. We are going to remove the old, We have more than 100 volunteers that devote more than worn-out workshop buildings and replace them with new 3,500 hours to make the workshops at Oshkosh a destination buildings similar in design to our existing forums buildings.
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