AD NUMBER: 2005-08-06
MANUFACTURER: Centrair
SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2005-08-06
SUMMARY: The FAA adopts a new airworthiness
directive (AD) for all CENTRAIR 101 series gliders with other than
elevator or aileron part number (P/N) SY991A hinge pins installed.
This AD requires you to replace any installed elevator or aileron
hinge pins that are not P/N SY991A hinge pins with P/N SY991A
pins.
By ANN Correspondents John Ballantyne and Kevin O'Brien
At the end of every show, we try to do a little bit of a wrap-up
and see how things went overall. This year at Sun-n-Fun, we sent
our most experienced guys to their respective ends of the field to
assess the show. We talked to exhibitors, attendees, happy campers,
and a couple of just plain campers. Here's what they told us, and
what we saw with our own eyes.
ANN's Completely Unscientific, but Sincere, Survey
By ANN Correspondent John Ballantyne
Sure, there are many awards and commendations showered on well
deserving individuals who excel at Sun 'n Fun each year. But it
seems that some always fall through the cracks. So ANN endeavored
to ferret out those individuals who get less credit than deserved,
and to again mention those who are the rocks on which ultralight
and light sport aviation are anchored. To accomplish this goal ANN
conducted an entirely unscientific, but thoughtful, series of
interviews with principal exhibitors, volunteers near the close of
the Sun 'n Fun fly in, 2005.
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