As I understand the regs, if the AW certificate was sent to FAA for any reason, decommissioned, wrecked, did not want the liability when done flying, etc, the FAA will NOT issue another certificate,

The site has once again been brought down, but this time due to it being a target of some sort of hacking attempt. We are looking into the issue and options for bringing back online in a protected

It all depends on why they are being sold for parts and how much work you are wanting to do.

I'm no expert either, but my understanding is you have to show the AIRCRAFT was >50% built by amateurs in order to get a valid airworthiness certificate. You have to show that YOU personally built

Yes, there are paths to flying that bird again. The rules say 51% if you are building. If you are using pieces of another project, and building a new project you have to build 51% of the "new"

Matthew, You need to mooch places to stay on your trip. All you have to do isask airplane guys and they’ll be glad to host you. We have an extrabedroom and an empty hangar. The runway here is

I see a few sales of Q2s as parts. Is there any way to put that plane in the air legally?

Bring some drinking water as you will need it to stay hydrated. Download Xavion from the App Store and pay for a month (around 10.00). Phil Lankford

Matthew, I do not know your intended flight plan, however there is lots of military airspace in the southern US and lots of desert. Airports are far apart. I have been to Mohave, and as far East as

Mathew, I don't know the size of your header tank, but I fly until the main(s) are about empty, then I have the whole header in reserve. In the cockpit, I use duct tape, water and a relief jug,

I made some wheel chocks out of the spare foam. Real light and comes in handy because standard chocks don't work with the low wheel pants. The plane sat chocked and tied down in Key West once with

Buy a Spot personal locator beacon. Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Hi Kevin, Just remembered my last experience with severe carb ice was about 50 miles north of you and Paul, flying down the Mississippi river in southern-most Wisconsin the early summer. Overcast at

Thanks for the report Kevin. A little pucker factor there, but we are glad that you got is solved and did not make Paul have to miss his lunch. I was thinking maybe there was enough hot air in the

I'm getting ready to make a literal cross country to bring my Q200 out here to Mojave from my previous home airport in Ohio. I'm planning for <2 hour ~300 mile legs and I'm going to go south and

It won't prevent carb ice, but it's a reliable system to get rid of it. Sam

You are correct Mike, I pulled the cowl this morning. My temp sensor is in the throttle body plate. It’s been a long time since I installed it. 😊 Jim N46JP Q200

Kevin, thanks for sharing your experience. Will save someone else’s bacon. Good job. I knew there must be a reason I didn’t put in cabin heat. Just didn’t know what it was until now.