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 Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 7:57 am Post subject: This is what needs to change / changes in EAA? |
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Chop! Chop!!  Hey....shooting the messenger is great sport...takes little to no courage...certainly no brain....
The more basic problem is with society as a whole.. One change that I notice over the last 30 or so years..is the tendency for everyone to want to talk and no one to listen...
Thoughtful folks will understand that all of our ills are Kolb related... discussing the rust on the end of the barrel of a gun that is pointed at you is folly....Herb (you may quote me on that one!! )
At 08:53 AM 1/17/2012, you wrote:
[quote]Ok guys,
This old man is going to stick his old neck way out here.
What this sport actually needs is more courageous young men with the philosophy of the young Homer Kolb who reasoned that if he could climb to the top of dad's silo without any kind certificate, he could build his own kind of plane and fly to the same height over the farm without any kind certificate.
The late seventies and early eighties was a era when this renegade aviation paradigm flourished in the hearts of YOUNG men, and because of it this sport grew by leaps and bounds.
Since that time this unique sport has atrophied to its present sorry state because timid old men have been cowed into a preoccupation of protecting their ass-ets by seeking governmental approval for every dream they wish to pursue.
Todays young men have been robbed of the opportunity of purchasing affordable good USED ultralight planes by old men preoccupied by their fear and disapproval of legalistic "fat" that has been the backbone hardware of this sport since from its beginning heyday.
Rich old men have just about succeeded in killing the sport pioneered in the U.S. by courageous young renegades espousing aviation paradigms like Homer Kolb and others like him had back in the seventies and eighties..
In order to flourish again this sport must return to its courageous root paradigms.
Ok now ,, here's my old head,,, chop it off.
Gene Z
On Jan 17, 2012, at 8:08 AM, Pat Ladd wrote:
| Quote: | Hi,
As you are probably aware we do not have anything like the Experimental Category in the UK.
Since the Thirties there has been the Popular Flying Association which in the early days promoted information and plans for light aircraft. Planes discussed were small, light, generally single seaters, probably the best known being the Mignet Flying Flea. This continued for many years. Planes became a bit bigger and more sophisticated and included factory built planes. Moths etc. Popular Flying was the magazine for the light aircraft devotee.
Hang gliders came along which evolved into microlights. After a dodgy start with no regulation and a few deaths an Association of microlight pilots was formed with their own magazine. Luckily Anne Welch, who had been involved in the British Gliding Association since very early gliding days realised the parallels between the development of early microlights and early gliders. She became involved and with others piloted the emerging Microlight Assoc. into a position where they ran their own autonomous Association, supplied instructors, agreed their own specifications of what a microlight was, their own inspectors, their own licences for pilots and aircraft etc. all under the auspices of the Board of Trade and CAA. The basis of `keep your nose clean and we won`t interfere` was and is well established.government attitude.
Naturally there has been some conflict between the Popular Flying Assoc.,( now the Light Aircraft Assoc).,.and the Microlight fraternity over jurisdiction and there have been efforts to merge the two organisations. These have failed, unfortunately in my view, as I have to be a member of both which is unnecessarily expensive. The Light Aircraft Assoc has now approved their first four seater plane so is moving farther from the microlight end which is my interest .
Looking at your problems with the EAA from the outside it would seem that you either have to attend all EAA meetings, propose motions, get them seconded and passed by working the `proper` organisation route and change things from the inside or form your own organisation.
That of course means a lot of work for someone. A respected organisation which can negotiate from strength on your behalf with the FAA, insurance companies etc has to be legal with a proper framework of representation and so on to be taken seriously.
Unfortunately the Experimental attitude as with our Microlight attitude is not attractive to people who only want to build and fly. Not mess about with `office work`
People who will do it can be found however, we have proved it in the UK but it is not easy.
Forgive a limey for intruding on your turf but roughly this is the way it has happened here, for what its worth
Pat
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