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This from an FAA FSDO type who is building an RV

    --> RV-List message posted by: "Mike Robertson" <mrobert569@hotmail.c=
om>

    It is a new requirement that came out just recently with the light
    sport
    changes. It is in FAR 61.31(k)(2). This is the FAR that previously
    made it
    possible for multi-engine Experimental aircraft to be flown without
    having a
    multi-engine pilot's certificate. The wording in 61.31(k)(1) has not
    changed and still excludes non-type certificate aircraft from needing=
 a
    categroy and class rating. But 61.31(k)(2) changed clarifying that a
    categroy and class rating is needed if a passenger is being carried.
    For
    the vast majority of people this will mean nothing new as the FAA
    has been
    including wording in the aircraft Operating Limitations requiring a
    categroy
    and class rating since the mid 90's. Only if you have an aircraft
    that was
    completed prior to that time and do not have a paragraph about
    categroy and
    class rating in your operating limitations do you need to worry
    about this.
    A new order, 8700.42 gives all the details and is available at:

    http://www.faa.gov/avr/afs/notices/8700/n8700-42.doc

    If you do happen to be in the categroy needing new operating
    limitations
    and/or ratings added to your pilot's certificate the procedures are
    also in
    this order. The good news is that you will be able to use the flight
    time
    you already have in your aircraft to get these newly required ratings=
=2E

    Mike Robertson


John Huft

Das Fed


Christopher Zavatson wrote:

>What's up with this??
>
>
>from AVweb
>Homebuilt Pilots Face Currency Review=20
>The FAA is underscoring regulatory requirements for pilots who fly passe=
ngers in homebuilt aircraft. A new notice would restrict them to flying p=
assengers only in planes in which they are qualified and experienced. Cur=
rency and proficiency rules apply to those who take people for rides in t=
heir experimental aircraft and EAA says current pilots have until Aug. 31=
, 2005, to prove they have the necessary category and class ratings for t=
he aircraft they fly. Those who always fly solo will not need to fly thro=
ugh the bureaucratic hoops. Under the new notice, which was issued April =
21, affected pilots will have fill out a form and make sure their recreat=
ional or higher certificate is in order. Flying passengers requires that =
the pilot have at least five hours as PIC in the category, class, make an=
d model of the experimental aircraft in question between Sept. 1, 2004, a=
nd Aug. 31, 2005. An authorized flight instructor must make a logbook ent=
ry attesting to the pilot's proficiency with the aircraft and then the pi=
lot must show the log to a designated pilot examiner or FAA Operations In=
spector. A new pilot certificate will then be issued restricting the pilo=
t to flying that particular experimental aircraft (or any others for whic=
h he or she has done the paperwork).=20
>
>Chris Zavatson
>
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