Legal Opinion
William R. Rose v. Greg Franchetti, Doing Business as Fall River Airways
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 21, 1992No. 89-2765, 90-1371PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Military pilots do not start at the Top Gun school. Their education begins with trainers, simple aircraft that are easy to fly and have two sets of controls, so that instructors can take over if necessary. Airframe manufacturers also cut their teeth on easy projects. The Canadian affiliate of de Havilland Aviation, an old British firm, entered business with a trainer. De Havil- land U.K. long had supplied the R.A.F. with the Mosquito and Tiger Moth trainers. In 1947 de Havilland Canada delivered a successor, the Chipmunk. Using the same Gypsy Major 4-cylinder engine…
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