moving2time
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I recently purchased a 1964 J-3 Cub. I am new to the full sized aviation world so everything is new for me. I started looking into building a kit a couple of years ago and that is still my dream project. I recently decided to buy this Cub project thinking that it would get me flying my own plane sooner that a kit. The Cub project was a pile of parts when I picked it up a month ago and after looking it over it is going to be a major project. A critical detail to my project is that it was last registered in Canada years ago and I believe that it may even be a parted project. I have the records up to its last flight years ago but the records have some things missing such As a very old beat looking wing tank. So much for the background.
My question is this, "Would it be worth while to start the registration of this project now or should I wait till later as I get closer to completing the repairs and assembly?" There is going to be so much work done that it will certainly require a complete inspection from an FAA inspector to get the airworthiness certificate. I did some extensive research on the transfer of the registration. One good piece of news was finding out that it was originally registered in the US before it went to Canada. The regs don't really say much about the timeliness requirements of a project aircraft. The only requirements seemed to be related to an aircraft that one ntended to be flown into the country for registration. Is there a value to starting registration paperwork now? Seems like it would make more sense registering it when there was actually something to register.
Looking forward to your comments and suggestions. Joe B
My question is this, "Would it be worth while to start the registration of this project now or should I wait till later as I get closer to completing the repairs and assembly?" There is going to be so much work done that it will certainly require a complete inspection from an FAA inspector to get the airworthiness certificate. I did some extensive research on the transfer of the registration. One good piece of news was finding out that it was originally registered in the US before it went to Canada. The regs don't really say much about the timeliness requirements of a project aircraft. The only requirements seemed to be related to an aircraft that one ntended to be flown into the country for registration. Is there a value to starting registration paperwork now? Seems like it would make more sense registering it when there was actually something to register.
Looking forward to your comments and suggestions. Joe B
