![]() I am familiar with the FAA engineering certification process, particularly the handling qualities and performance aspects. The January 2017 edition of the BARK has a picture of an LA-140 or LA-140A camera pod converted to service as a baggage pod. Mount it to the hard points and/or hook it up to the shackles. Perhaps use an existing store (pod, etc), or perhaps design a new one. Which got me thinking about a “baggage pod”, to be carried on the wing. One of those reasons is NOT its large baggage capability. So… Does Regal Air still own the Birddog Type Certificates? According to the FAA database I checked today, the TCs still belong to Regal Air, Inc. I don’t know of that many large inventories of Birddog parts that could have gone to BAS. He said that they should be able to handle Birddog parts needs for many years to come. He wouldn’t say where from, said he was “not sure” (right…). When talked with one of the BAS people 2-3 years ago (just before I tried unsuccessfully to track down Regal Air), he said they’d just gotten a big infusion of Birddog “and other old military aircraft parts” from someone, somewhere. I think Regal still exists as a corporate entity – just not doing aircraft parts. I love the story on how he was caught: Pirates hi-jacked freighter, Navy Seals got it back, Lloyds of London auditors and US Marshalls checking all cargo against the manifest to see if any pirate theft/damage/or other potential for claims existed and the illegal shipment-prohibited Cobra blades and other parts were found. (They had gotten the TX operation not long after the Mt Pleasant fellow got in trouble for selling Cobra gunship parts to Iran. Several years ago when I was trying to track down some parts, I found that the operation/warehousing they’d acquired in Mt Pleasant TX had been shut down and it appeared that the only part of their business still operating was their trucking division in Colorado. One bit of info i heard through grapevine: ![]()
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