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On Tue, 02 May 2006 10:02:29 -0400
Ernest Christley <echristley@nc.rr.com> wrote:

> 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.
> 

Yes, it can be a gray area.  If the original project is in enough
pieces and the data plate is gone, it can be done.  I've heard that some
FSDO's are more lax than others.  Removing the data plate and making a
new application would seem to break both the letter and spirit of the
regulations, but without any first hand knowledge of such a thing, I
have heard rumors of that being done.

I believe that to get the repairman's certificate, you have to have
done some of all the different types of work on that aircraft.  You
can't just bolt on the prop. :)

If the FAA were interested, I could give them some suggestions on how
to make the regulations more sensible, but so far no one has asked me.

Bob W.

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