REFLECTOR: Obtaining Repairmans Certificate
Laurence Coen
lwcoen at hotmail.com
Tue Mar 20 11:05:43 CDT 2012
Brian,
Since the first flight "destroyed" the plane, the one you're about to fly
has yet to have it's first flight. Worth a shot.
Larry Coen
N136LC
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From: "Brian Michalk" <michalk at awpi.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 10:20 AM
To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Obtaining Repairmans Certificate
> Yeah, I think it does. The FAA knows about it too. They were all over
> the "investigation", and had me do a check ride. After it was all over,
> the FAA was actually pretty reasonable, except for the CYA parts.
>
> The guy that came to inspect the damage said he'd recommend no further
> action. Then, they contacted me for a check ride, and the examiner said
> it was recommended from the first guy that I go through the check ride.
> Whatever. Interesting comment from the reviewer said, "next time, get the
> plane back on the runway."
>
> I currently am configured with two blades on the IVO. The reason is so
> that I can hit higher RPMs for testing. One of the issues I identified
> prior to the first flight was the lack of high RPM testing.
>
> On 3/20/2012 8:53 AM, John Dibble wrote:
>> Does landing in a cornfield count as a flight?
>>
>> Brian. Are you still using 2 prop blades?
>>
>> John
>>
>> On 3/19/2012 10:50 PM, sbjknox wrote:
>>>
>>> From: "Brian Michalk" <michalk at awpi.com>
>>>
>>> Subject: REFLECTOR: Obtaining Repairmans Certificate
>>>
>>>
>>>> Three years ago I had my first flight and put the plane into a
>>>> cornfield. Ever since then, I've been rebuilding, and didn't pay any
>>>> attention to getting my repairmans certificate. Now, of course, I need
>>>> to sign off the annual inspection, and could do it myself if I had my
>>>> certificate. So, I looked at the form, and it says I have one year
>>>> from the date of the first flight to get my certificate.
>>>>
>>>> Is this set in stone? I'm getting ready to go to the SAT FSDO and
>>>> apply.
>>>
>>> Brian, I think you are becoming forgetful...it was actually nine months
>>> ago.
>>>
>>> Sid Knox
>>> Oklahoma
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