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Rwy in Sight
11th Oct 2003, 03:32
The aircraft that crashed in Northern (see post about HE- registration) is a Sky Arrow. I was told from an expert that if belongs to the category of very light aircraft.
Does anyone have the definition or a link to follow.
Do you have any stories or comment about this aircraft?
Thanks in advance
Rwy in Sight
Mike Cross
11th Oct 2003, 18:52
Sky Arrow (http://www.skyarrow.com/)
It's a nice plane to fly. Available as VLA or Group A (FAR23)
Two seat tandem high wing pusher, normally fitted with a Rotax 100 hp
Mike
Voidhawk
11th Oct 2003, 20:36
The definition from JAR-VLA is:
...an aeroplane with a single engine (spark- or compression-ignition) having not more than two seats, with a Maximum Certificated Take-off Weight of not more than 750 kg and a stalling speed in the landing configuration of not more than 45 knots (CAS).
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JAR-VLA is not applicable to such aeroplanes classified as ultralights or microlights.
Genghis the Engineer
12th Oct 2003, 04:23
That last line however being incorrect, JAR-VLA gets used quite often for higher performance microlights where a dedicated microlight code is deemed inappropriate. It's just that they are then still called microlights / ultralights / ULM / etc.
The early part of that definition is what defines a VLA, rather than necessarily that JAR-VLA was used in it's certification.
G