REFLECTOR: AN AIRPLANE IS BORN! AND NEW INFO.

[Scott Derrick]

Way to go Tom!

At 11:00 PM 12/16/2004, you wrote:
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>Today (December16, 2004) ... at approximately 4:00pm MST ... the 
>conglomeration of parts previously known as Kit SN# DMO-282 ... became an 
>official Aircraft.  The Designated Airworthiness Representative (D. A. R.) 
>from the Denver FAA FSDO office approved N173EX to be flown for Phase One 
>Flight Testing!
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>Now the fun really begins.  Thanks to all here on the Reflector for the 
>valuable information over the last few years.  I hope Marion Sparrow 
>(former, deceased owner) will be happy to know I carried on where he left 
>off.  By reading through the Reflector archives, I was able to get to know 
>Marion through his posts over the years.
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>On a related topic ... I read much discussion here about making major 
>changes to your experimental aircraft after getting your Special 
>Airworthiness Certificate.  My Amateur Built Operating Limitations from 
>the FAA state that I can incorporate any major change in my aircraft ... 
>so long as I put it back into a flight test mode for a period not less 
>than 5 hours.  After that, it simply needs a log entry to be legal.  There 
>is no need to file any paperwork with the FAA nor is it necessary to have 
>any FAA inspection of any kind.
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>So, in essence, we have a lot of leeway.
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>I plan on having a test pilot do an inaugural flight sometime right after 
>the first of the year.
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>Tom Martino
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