Hi Duane,
Hey, at least we agree about the Antique class, there is a place for the purism ... and we don't have to sneer when we use that word.
I'm all for "keep it loose". I smiled real wide when I read Mickey's original SPA mission statement long ago: you know, I flew some of those planes as a youngster!
I even built a crooked Orion back in '67. Wish I had that butchered kit back!

But, here's my problem: I'm looking to build a plane that I think will be legal, given what I hear is being accepted, but nowhere in the rules on the SPA site can I find these allowances spelled out. Arguments ain't fun, unless we agree to fly together anyway afterward, and if the plane ain't legal ...
Whether you are inside the event or outside, unclear rules are stinky. If the event is to grow into other parts of the country, this will be a problem.

Hi Sport_Pilot, Actually I like the idea of just flying non-Turnaround, at an event. I just need to know which event to build for. You have helped with the answer.

Oh yes, the plane will be dual purpose SPA and VRCS, and electric, that way I can fly it at a field near home. It will come from that brief 6 or so year period between retracts becoming necessary and the advent of the tuned pipe. Wanna guess?

Oh, by the way, that Altair looks great.


Dean Pappas