REFLECTOR: Insurance

[Al Gietzen]

Brian;

I had similar experience with insurance.  They want dual instruction; or
time, in Make and Model - and 15 hours is a common requirement.  Tech
counselor inspections, factory authorized inspections were never mentioned.

Going to different agents is generally not helpful, there are only 2 or 3
underwriters insuring these planes, and the agents will likely go the same
ones.  If your agent is responsive and helpful you're probably in good
shape.  I've had good results with Pam at AUA.

Check the FAA circulars for the certification requirements - I think
AC20-27F; but check their website for the latest.

You're getting close - that's exciting.

Al

-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Brian Michalk
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 8:04 AM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: REFLECTOR: Insurance

I'm weaving my way through the last of the details to get to first flight.

I managed to get a quote from Aerospace Insurance Managers through Falcon.
They want 15 hours of training in a Velocity.  I'm fairly low time at 
just under 250 hours.
I'm trying to optimize my $$ with insurance, factory checkout, DARs, etc.

Strange, my technical counselor visits did not help a bit.  AIM is also 
not requiring a factory checkout.  I feel somewhat disrespected by the 
EAA at this time.  I thought they would be more helpful.  In trying to 
figure out the FAA paperwork that I needed to file, I called them up, 
really just needing a simple checklist.  Not that I was not able to find 
them online, but they all conflicted in one way or another and I knew I 
could trust the EAA checklist.  They made me buy a packet, $20 after 
shipping that included crap I didn't need like a dataplate, adhesive 
stickers, etc.  I just needed the darn checklist.
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