J5man
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I'll start a new thread....
Good news. It looks like maybe The Tu-holer will be inspected and if OK, flown next week is the weather holds. As I told you in the previous thread, I had to obtain a new registration with builder/manufacturer change. The MIDO sent the request on Sept. 6 and nothing is happening in Ok City. I called my DAR this morning to see if he might have a contact in the Reg. Branch and he said: I was just going to call you. He got a memo from the MIDO saying to go ahead with the issue of the AWC. Make believe we have the new reg. saying it WILL come but may take awhile. Also stating that the present reg. is valid so go ahead. So I spent the day taking more pictures and getting paperwork in order. The DAR wants copies of everything, EVERYTHING, so that he only has to come once. He assumes that the aircraft is OK, if not, that's MY problem. I've basically done an annual inspection. Taxi tests are complete. BTW, download AC 90-89 or take a look at it. 90 pages on the 40 hours of test flying your homebuilt. Pretty good stuff from inspection, fuel flow, static test, engine run, taxi, first flight thru spin(if needed) and flutter testing.
Pretty sobering....Indeed, a plane my DAR inspected killed it's owner this week on it's 7th flight?. Crashed into a home on take off, veered off runway. An Arion Lighting. They think maybe heart attack?
I'm going to get the paper together and then take a deep breath, call Bill Pancake(EAA flight advisor) and take things one at a time.
Maybe get first 10 hours before it gets too cold..... :-\ :'(
Jack ;D
Good news. It looks like maybe The Tu-holer will be inspected and if OK, flown next week is the weather holds. As I told you in the previous thread, I had to obtain a new registration with builder/manufacturer change. The MIDO sent the request on Sept. 6 and nothing is happening in Ok City. I called my DAR this morning to see if he might have a contact in the Reg. Branch and he said: I was just going to call you. He got a memo from the MIDO saying to go ahead with the issue of the AWC. Make believe we have the new reg. saying it WILL come but may take awhile. Also stating that the present reg. is valid so go ahead. So I spent the day taking more pictures and getting paperwork in order. The DAR wants copies of everything, EVERYTHING, so that he only has to come once. He assumes that the aircraft is OK, if not, that's MY problem. I've basically done an annual inspection. Taxi tests are complete. BTW, download AC 90-89 or take a look at it. 90 pages on the 40 hours of test flying your homebuilt. Pretty good stuff from inspection, fuel flow, static test, engine run, taxi, first flight thru spin(if needed) and flutter testing.
Pretty sobering....Indeed, a plane my DAR inspected killed it's owner this week on it's 7th flight?. Crashed into a home on take off, veered off runway. An Arion Lighting. They think maybe heart attack?
I'm going to get the paper together and then take a deep breath, call Bill Pancake(EAA flight advisor) and take things one at a time.
Maybe get first 10 hours before it gets too cold..... :-\ :'(Jack ;D
