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Oahu Parachute Center was/is a member of the USPA. Their listing says that they only had the one King Air. https://uspa.org/dzdetails?accountnumber=322830 That AP story says that the same plane was damaged a few years ago in California. Then they moved to Oahu. NTSB is investigating the...

The PK Airpark that @eman1200 mentioned a while back has some really nice aircraft. Back when Billy Thacker was still alive and I was still living in Raeford, NC, I know they had their own A&P on staff just to maintain their planes. https://skydiveparacletexp.com/dropzone/aircraft/ Their...

TC in 2017, and has won Engine Of The Year. Or some such.

... because the government has a list of the Data That Must Be Submitted, whether that list makes sense in the real world or not. This is not a binary solution set -- either was have airplanes that are inspected down to the adhesive properties of the paint, or we have planes falling out of the...

So: back to @Tantalum 's original question: how did Rotax do it? Best answer so far: it was subsidized by their robust rec vehicle business.

Exactly. You and I are on the same page, singing in harmony. @mondtster, no doubt there are worse government agencies. If you've ever worked inside of The Beast (as my wife did, for years before she became disabled), you learn some things. 1. People are primarily promoted on how well they make...

.. .... I'm talking about using a tested, vetted, certificated engine in a tested, vetted, certificated aircraft. USING something LIKE the experimental rules to permit engine substitution. ;) You missed my point. Doesn't have to be Rotax. If someone finally develops a good, reasonably-priced...

It's my understanding that if it's a certificated aircraft, you are strictly limited in what engines could be installed. The FAA could easily make it so that you could install the engine of your choice, provided you follow a procedure similar to what experimental builders have to follow before...

It's not just you. :) The fact that Rotax makes many different engines for recreational vehicles keeps coming up. Yep, and in the early days, Continental and Lycoming made engines for lots of different things. Plus, a lot of their R&D was subsidized by the military for WWII. They even made...

... and now you're back to the regulatory aspect. The FAA is not helping matters in GA.

Nowadays, they're quite reliable. They had some problems in the early days, but Rotax said some of that was caused by improper installation. I saw a detailed post on one of the LSA forums about that the other day. Something about Pipistrel (! - which surprised me) failing to ground the FADEC...

I'm speechless. :)