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Thanks to Steve and Claudette Colwell I have copied the following from
the EAA website. It defines the situations that the new airman
certificates must be issued.
Bryan
N132BB
EXPERIMENTAL/HOMEBUILT PILOTS REQUIRED TO HAVE CATEGORY AND
CLASS RATING TO CARRY PASSENGERS
May 9, 2005 - On April 21, 2005, FAA Flight Standards reinforced
a regulatory requirement for passenger carrying
experimental/amateur-built aircraft pilots to have category and class
ratings for the aircraft they intend to fly. The new Notice, N 8700.42,
also provides a "grandfather" clause allowing current pilots who do not
possess the required ratings a limited window of opportunity (through
August 31, 2005) to obtain them. It is important to note that this
affects only those pilots who wish to carry passengers in an
experimental aircraft for which they do not hold the appropriate
category and class rating. Pilots who do not carry passengers in their
experimental aircraft, and pilots who already hold the category/class
rating appropriate to the aircraft they are flying are not affected.
Here's the procedure:
1. The airman must complete an FAA Form 8710-1.
2. The airman must currently hold a Recreational Pilot certificate
or higher.
3. The airman must have at least five hours as pilot in command
flight time in the category, class, make, and model of experimental
aircraft between September 1, 2004 and August 31, 2005.
4. An authorized flight instructor must provide a logbook
endorsement that the applicant is proficient to act as PIC of that
category, class, make, and model of experimental aircraft.
5. The airman must make an appointment with a DPE or an FAA
Operations Inspector (ASI), who will verify that 1-4 are completed
correctly, then issue the new certificate. No DPE or ASI flight
evaluation is required.
6. The new pilot certificate will be issued with the following
restriction placed on it: "Authorized Experimental Aircraft: (category)
and (class), (make) and (model)."
Examples:
a. Pilots who hold a private pilot SEL airplane category and
class rating certificate, and fly a SEL experimental aircraft, no action
is required.
b. Pilots who hold a private pilot SEL airplane category and
class rating certificate, and fly a multi-engine experimental aircraft
(MEL), will need to comply with the new requirements.
c. Pilots who hold a private pilot SEL airplane category and
class rating certificate, and who fly an experimental single-engine sea
plane, will need to comply with the new requirements.
d. Pilots who hold a private pilot Glider category and class
rating certificate, and who fly an experimental single-engine
helicopter, will need to comply with the new requirements.
Designated Airworthiness Representatives (DARs) or FAA Inspectors (ASIs)
will continue issuing operating limitations without this new
requirement, until the FAA issues the revision based on notice N
8700.42. However, at the time the operating limitations are issued,
DARs/ASIs will brief the builder/owner of the new requirement.
This new requirement does not do away with requirement for the pilot to
meet FAR 61.31(e), (f), (g), (h), (i), or (j).
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-----Original Message-----
From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of
Christopher Zavatson
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 9:19 AM
To: Lancair Mailing List
Subject: [LML] new regs
What's up with this??
from AVweb
Homebuilt Pilots Face Currency Review
The FAA is underscoring regulatory requirements for pilots who fly
passengers in homebuilt aircraft. A new notice would restrict them to
flying passengers only in planes in which they are qualified and
experienced. Currency and proficiency rules apply to those who take
people for rides in their experimental aircraft and EAA says current
pilots have until Aug. 31, 2005, to prove they have the necessary
category and class ratings for the aircraft they fly. Those who always
fly solo will not need to fly through the bureaucratic hoops. Under the
new notice, which was issued April 21, affected pilots will have fill
out a form and make sure their recreational or higher certificate is in
order. Flying passengers requires that the pilot have at least five
hours as PIC in the category, class, make and model of the experimental
aircraft in question between Sept. 1, 2004, and Aug. 31, 2005. An
authorized flight instructor must make a logbook entry attesting to the
pilot's proficiency with the aircraft and then the pilot must show the
log to a designated pilot examiner or FAA Operations Inspector. A new
pilot certificate will then be issued restricting the pilot to flying
that particular experimental aircraft (or any others for which he or she
has done the paperwork).
Chris Zavatson
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