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Joe Hull wrote:

>I asked my DAR what would happen if I wanted to
>buy an old Long-EZ and restore it. He said I could do the work but I'd have
>to get an A&P to sign it off. So, you can still do the work but you have to
>find an A&P that is will to inspect your work and sign off in your Airplane
>Log. 
>  
>
This is somewhat of a gray area, isn't it?

Suppose you buy pieces of an experimental to assist in the building of 
yours.  How many 'pieces' can you buy before you can't get the repairman 
certificate?  Not kit pieces from a professional manufacturer.  That 
will clearly break the rules. I'm talking pieces that another 
experimenter has made.  Does it matter if the pieces are from the same 
or different projects?  Consider that someone else can do everything, 
except for the prop that you bolt on...you can still get the repairman 
certificate.  The rule is that it has to be constructed for recreation 
or education (by you isn't in the language).

If I were in that situation, I'd consider pulling the wings and anything 
else pullable, take pictures of the pieces spread out, scrape the N 
number off and apply for a new one.  Call it an airplane I built.  I 
can't see where a single rule would be broken, in letter or spirit.

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