highspeed
Well-Known Member
From the ERAU Alum fb post:
It looks like the Embry-Riddle team was disqualified from the Green Flight Challenge, but still got to fly. (Details here, http://goo.gl/uHWRr) Congrats to to the winner Pipistrel-USA.com.
From http://goo.gl/uHWRr:
Embry-Riddle entered a two-seat aircraft and contest rules require both seats to be occupied by a person. However, the team only brought one qualified occupant since the university’s flight operations rules do not allow more than one person in university aircraft that is certified in the experimental category. The aircraft also does not have a ballistic chute, which is a contest requirement. GFC officials later ruled that the team will be allowed to compete using ballast in place of a person, but would not be eligible for any prize money.
From me:
How is it that the University didn't read the rules of entry? Forgot to install a BRS? Didn't bring a second person because university rules don't allow it?! Maybe the University would have made an executive-level decision to allow another person in this experimental aircraft had the BRS mitigated the additional risk?!
This makes ERAU look amateur. It's no wonder aviation is where it is.
It looks like the Embry-Riddle team was disqualified from the Green Flight Challenge, but still got to fly. (Details here, http://goo.gl/uHWRr) Congrats to to the winner Pipistrel-USA.com.
From http://goo.gl/uHWRr:
Embry-Riddle entered a two-seat aircraft and contest rules require both seats to be occupied by a person. However, the team only brought one qualified occupant since the university’s flight operations rules do not allow more than one person in university aircraft that is certified in the experimental category. The aircraft also does not have a ballistic chute, which is a contest requirement. GFC officials later ruled that the team will be allowed to compete using ballast in place of a person, but would not be eligible for any prize money.
From me:
How is it that the University didn't read the rules of entry? Forgot to install a BRS? Didn't bring a second person because university rules don't allow it?! Maybe the University would have made an executive-level decision to allow another person in this experimental aircraft had the BRS mitigated the additional risk?!
This makes ERAU look amateur. It's no wonder aviation is where it is.