Yes Martin

Thanks for the advice all! Really appreciate it. Fredd Baber

All provided to you is correct information, Fredd. You do need to have a chat with your local EMDO office person only if you intend to make changes that WILL affect your W&B or Operation Limitations.

Hi Fredd, Where in New England are you and the plane? I'm in southern NH. -- Q2 N86KL

The person who holds a repairman certificate for particular aircraft, holds that certificate for life unless they turn it back in. As long as there's no major changes to that aircraft, that repairman

I hold a repairman cert for my Q200. It doesn't matter who owns the plane, I can do the condition inspection. If you change the engine type, change a propeller type, ... Then you need to go to the

Hi Fred, The holder of the repairman certificate can perform a condition inspection regardless of ownership. As you said, any A&P can also perform the condition inspection. An aircraft goes thru the

Good morning, Trying to be well informed before I buy… Can the person who built the aircraft I’m buying (and holds the repairman certificate) continue to perform the conditional inspections even

That's a good one, Keith. Made me laugh! Cheers, Jay

That's actually good advice! 😁

By the same token, Waldo Waterman once told me that when having a forced landing in an orchard, aim for a peach tree. They have shorter lives and are cheaper to replace. Waldo had better eyes than I

A little off subject…but while on the subject. I had a conversation once with Avemco about my liability coverage on the Q1. With $300,000 liability I wondered about increasing it to $1,000,000 (my

A little off subject…but while on the subject. I had a conversation once with Avemco about my liability coverage on the Q1. With $300,000 liability I wondered about increasing it to $1,000,000 (my

Find a non controlled airport to test fly it from. That’s an easy solution. Always worked for us. Martin

Don't buy the airplane, buy the LLC that owns it. No sales tax for one and reduced liability as you note.

I ran into the same issues. I noticed the previous owner had his aircraft in his LLC. I am assuming the reason being that if anything happened in his experimental aircraft they could only come back on

I'm in Canada so it doesn't apply to most of you, but my insurance is around 600 bucks per year for basic coverage. No hull. The best thing is it is my insurance and not the airplane insurance. The

Now that is tragic Mike!! WHAT? I see.. so the Cessna 150 at my first airport location, that the pilot died in because he WAS STUPID and continued performing a go around even though the engine was

Ya.. I know..we have a similar deal here in Oklahoma at the Municipals. A bit like "buying" a property in the State of Hawaii. 99 year lease for the dirt under and the hangar is added on by your own

Vern, I did not buy the airport! It is a municipal airport. I did buy into a hangar group. The only insurance co that would insure my Dragonfly is Avemco even with 500 hrs in type. Liability is as