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But (happily for us, in general) we don’t live in Monaco or anywhere else where this sort of profit centered perversion of publicly funded infrastructure is customary or accepted. Specific to this case, it is fundamentally incorrect for local government, holding a regulated monopoly on FAA...

Apparently you’ve never ridden a Guzzi Daytona RS as I will today :)

90 degree V2 - much better AOPA lawyers should be hot on researching the obligations placed on these airports based on their receiving Federal funding. One can easily see that with all LV airports having common ownership there is a monopoly situation in play, and that the airports are...

Very common. As per my earlier post on the same subject, the seller does not owe any taxes to anybody regardless of the sale price and as a result has no obligation to respond to these requests. It's just a request for info sent in the hope of a response, based on whatever level of intimidation...

When I bought a plane and the seller received a similar letter, he just forwarded the letter to me so I could fill out of the data and mail it in. :) That was nice of him because the most sensible option would have been to throw in in the trash - there is no obligation to respond.

I had a Luscombe with around 1800 hrs total time in 2019 that per the original flight log flew over 500 hrs in 1946 alone. GI BIll training it appeared. It then had plenty of periods of non-operation, and lots of airframe repairs were noted in the logs. These aircraft were not expected to last...

And essentially nobody with an aircraft in the value range of those fitted with an O-200 is going to select either of those options. They will instead have their existing engine overhauled or IRAN'd by an independent engine shop or A&P mechanic, at lower cost. Cessna 150s and the like are...

Obviously cost sharing rules become an issue when flying expenses are so high that you can’t afford to do it alone. Otherwise nobody thinks about it and it doesn’t become an issue. How many people ride two up on motorcycle rides to save money? Maybe it happens in the third world.

Nobody said Europe isn't an interesting place to visit or vacation, I do it once or twice a year still. The issue is that unless you live on an European island, most of the interesting places in Europe are much easier to visit by means other than GA because GA in Europe is a dystopian mess...

The slot and PPR nonsense covered in the video is only part of it. As mentioned, aircraft maintenance is equally crazy. Legally binding preplanned maintenance programs need to be filed for each small aircraft, used serviceable parts are essentially illegal in most circumstances, multiple...

They’re not stupid now or in the past either. Wood bladed CS props as done by MT have infinite blade fatigue life and the damping that comes with low blade stiffness. This is not ideal for propeller design in general but makes them applicable to geared (four cylinder) engines with tough...

I don’t see the market of the future down selecting to an engine that uses a wood constant speed propeller, especially if it’s a liquid cooled geared turbocharged engine with an ECU that doesn’t make enough power to justify the maintenance burden of all that stuff. Same issue as the diesels in...

Canada is half way between Europe and the US in many things, including sales tax rates. US - 0-10% depending on location Canada - about 15% Europe - about 20%

When it comes to calendar time between overhauls the devil really is in the details, and I don’t believe there is any truly authoritative source that can cover all those details without inspection for an engine you might be looking to purchase. My Lycoming has gone from 3X to 4X recommended...

I wonder what effect the choice Vs1 instead of Vs0 in this regulation could have on the use of flaps for landing, regardless of their design, or any hazard associated with use of flaps. It’s not like aircraft designers are suddenly going to start designing planes without flaps, or that pilots...

This is the biggest competitive disadvantage for new factory built aircraft in the US, including LSAs that have in their home market been viable due to homebuilt licensing regs being far less open. Also countries are small, homebuilts are nationally regulated and have no ICAO TC - meaning cross...

Only if they last long enough.

Durability matters for long term resale value. Ten years is not a long time and while steep depreciation is not unexpected in the first 10 years of an LSA’s life, it’s also possible that after 30 years current LSAs will have continued to depreciate to zero. Anything can be fixed but many/most...

Great :) My $35K purchase a few years ago would equate to $49K in today’s dollars. Still not too bad. Like I said, these are the good old days for individuals buying and owning planes.

Naturally indeed. I think the reason people are doing that is that it will in fact be the primary impact of the MOSAIC regulation, regardless of intent. Airframe manufacturers would like to see their business expand but doubling nothing is still close to nothing. Fantasizing that people will...