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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 13, 2008 0:26:04 GMT 12
From the New Zealand Herald, 19th of February 1936   |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 13, 2008 1:48:54 GMT 12
It seems this might be what he was referring to, published the day before the above:   |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Aug 13, 2008 7:57:27 GMT 12
Downey's Flea was ZM-AAB - see Marcus' photo elsewhere.
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Post by Bruce on Aug 13, 2008 14:45:15 GMT 12
I was a bit worried by the title of the thread until I realised it was Historical...  Indeed the "powers that be" were very anti-homebuilts right through until the 1970s. Since then the attitude has changed significantly and we now have an extremely positive group of Sport And Recreational inspectors at CAA, excellent legislative environment for homebuilders and a strong Sport Aircraft Association to represent our interests against the Politicans. Have to say though that improvements in the design of homebuilts have also improved the reputation somewhat... |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 13, 2008 15:10:34 GMT 12
You can't blame old Fred Jones for being worried about people building Fleas though, especially when they were not sticking to regulations. I thought it was an interesting bit of history.
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