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Wayne, you do know your roots well. Noles rule (something, I am not sure what.)

Thanks for the nice words.

We do have our EAA Annual Fly-in as "Airfest Tallahassee" setting up on Friday May 19th and then continuing on Saturday the 20th and Sunday the 21st. You and the others in the vicinity should plan to come up for a burger and a big show off. We have a nice comfortable tie down for all who want to come. No camping since we are Class C.

Hope to see many of you here.

Paul

That sounds like it's in my neighborhood, too! I may have to make that one.

Bengie

She took her maiden flight this morning at 10am for 1 hour and 20 minutes. She performed perfectly. Level flight was hands off with no trim. Did maneuvers like shallow and steep turns, power on and off stalls, and all the stuff. She worked fine with no surprises.

Chuck:
Is this applicable?

FAR 23.851 Fire extinguishers.
(a) There must be at least one hand fire extinguisher for use in the pilot compartment that is located within easy access of the pilot while seated.

SFAR No. 23

1. Applicability. An applicant is entitled to a type certificate in the normal category for a reciprocating or turbopropeller multiengine powered small airplane that is to be certificated to carry more than 10 occupants and that is intended for use in operations under Part 135 of the Federal Aviation Regulations if he shows compliance with the applicable requirements of Part 23 of the Federal Aviation Regulations, as supplemented or modified by the additional airworthiness requirements of this regulation.

I think Part 23 may be for Part 135 operators.
Chuck (or others), is that right?

However, I would not fly without one. You can get one for about $65.00. Cheap insurance!

Part 23 (Part 25 for large aircraft) is what replaced CAR 3 for small aircraft certification. Part 23 doesn't apply to our 150/152 as they were certified as CAR 3 aircraft before Part 23 came into effect. In fact, current production 172, 182, and 206 aircraft are still maufactured under the same CAR 3 regs on the same TCDS (amended, of course). Bottom line, you can respect those regs if you choose, but you don't have to follow them with your plane.

She came out of her extensive annual on May 1 and I have flown her almost 9 hours since then. I must say that I am pleased with how true she flys and how reliable she seems to be. That proves that if you have enough cash to throw at a suspect airplane, you might come out a winner and then you might not. I think I lucked out on this one.

I just like to go out to the ramp and look at her. So pretty and so sound. She has a full canopy cover, wing covers and horizontal covers. I just can't protect her enough. Just like my first born.

Hey, life after annual hell can be rewarding. I do need a second Nav/Com, though. I hate having to switch back and forth on those IFR routes. It seems that it is always something.

For all of you who contributed to this thread, a big thank you. Thanks to you, I have grown up enough now to take care of myself. Bonjour. Blueberry [muhbuh.com]

Sorry I missed this post earlier. As Nathan has already stated, Part 23 does not apply here. If you want one, get it, otherwise there is no requirement for you to have it.

Charles

Hey, I graduated from FSU in 1978 ... never flew a plane in the area, learned how to fly in Alaska years later:

Route between PAMR (ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, USA) and KTLH (TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA, USA):

Distance along great circle: 3590.2 statute miles, 3119.9 nautical miles, 5777.9 kilometers
Initial true great circle heading: 95.1 degrees (east)
Flight time at 80 knots: 38 hours 59 minutes
Maximum segment length at 6.0 hours endurance: 480 nm

Probably won't make the fly-in!

Terry