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OT: A Better homebuilt
- Thread starter Nomex Maximus
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Phil
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He's spending a lot less than we are!!!
I wouldn't mind paying the use tax on that one.
Balloons - $75
Chair - $15
Old Garage Sale Surplus Parachute - $100
The helium is exempt, because it's something "not tangible that you can touch, pickup, or measure."
Total price:
$190
Use tax @ 8.25% = $15.65.
He was around $1/mile. I'm sure we can beat that on a 190 mile cross country.
I wouldn't mind paying the use tax on that one.
Balloons - $75
Chair - $15
Old Garage Sale Surplus Parachute - $100
The helium is exempt, because it's something "not tangible that you can touch, pickup, or measure."
Total price:
$190
Use tax @ 8.25% = $15.65.
He was around $1/mile. I'm sure we can beat that on a 190 mile cross country.
kentb
Well Known Member
He was in the local news before he made the flight.
Although the area that he drifted through is very remote, I wonder why the FAA isn't all over him. After all he went IMC with out a IFR flight plan.
A few days before the flight he was announcing to the local news that he would be going and that is was for publicity for his service station.
Kent
Although the area that he drifted through is very remote, I wonder why the FAA isn't all over him. After all he went IMC with out a IFR flight plan.
A few days before the flight he was announcing to the local news that he would be going and that is was for publicity for his service station.
Kent
Nomex Maximus
Well Known Member
I haven't given this much thought but I am guessing that his balloon qualifies as an ultralight and that he would have been in uncontrolled airspace? Could it be that he didn't need a license?
The guy who did it in 1982 was doing it in Class B over LA...
The guy who did it in 1982 was doing it in Class B over LA...
