David E Whitaker

Document ID: FAA-2007-0286-0006
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration
Received Date: January 04 2008, at 07:46 PM Eastern Standard Time
Date Posted: January 7 2008, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: December 10 2007, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: January 9 2008, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 8038586a
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This is comment on Rule

Airworthiness Directives; Taylorcraft Aviation, LLC A, B, and F Series Airplanes

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I am in agreement that for safety reasons these struts should be inspected. However, I feel that the time between inspections should be extended. I have spent most of my adult working life in the steam plant operations, involving high pressure piping systems etc. Fatigue cracking and corrosion are mostly long term and slow processes. There is no immediate danger to public safety warrenting this oppressive time frame being imposed upon the owners. Therefore, I am requesting that you consider: Extending the time for compliance to one year from the date of the AD. Also, after the initial inspection and treating of the struts, increase the time between inspections to 10 years. Please also note that those of us who are maintaining pre-war aircraft do not have direct replacements available to us. This is an important issue, as we do not want to alter the original appearance.