REFLECTOR: Donations

[Stockman, Bill]

I had the same question, but the difference is that FAA ruling only applies to fund raising activies.   Young Eagles is not meant as a fund raiser (ie, you don't charge or normally accept donations for the rides).

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On Behalf Of Dave
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 2:24 PM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Donations

So then how does EAA use experimental aircraft for their young eagles 
flights?

nmflyer1 at aol.com wrote:
> That leaves the Velocities out (what a shame). I was also not aware of 
> the notification regulation. I'm not sure I'd trust some FSDO's... 
> others would be fine.
>
> Kurt
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> Sent: Fri, Jul 31, 2009 9:22 am
> Subject: REFLECTOR: Donations
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> I know most of us get this, but there was some chatter regarding this 
> matter a few weeks back. FYI
> TEC
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> Here's a question asked by an AOPA member who contacted our aviation 
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> Question: My child's school is holding a silent auction, and they have 
> asked the parents to donate items to support the school. I would like 
> to donate an airplane ride in my aircraft. I will be paying for all 
> expenses20involved with the flight. Will I need a commercial pilot 
> certificate for this?
>  
> Answer: No. Passenger-carrying flights for the benefit of a 
> charitable, nonprofit, or community event are not considered 
> commercial operations, so you don’t need to have a commercial pilot 
> certificate. For an event such as this, FAR 91.146 
> <http://www.aopa.org/epilot/redir.cfm?adid=18326> requires the pilot 
> to have a private pilot certificate with at least 500 hours of flight 
> time, have a current medical certificate, and meet the currency 
> requirements of FAR 61.56 
> <http://www.aopa.org/epilot/redir.cfm?adid=18327>. The flight must 
> begin and end at the same public-use airport and be conducted within a 
> 25-nautical-mile radius. The aircraft must have a standard 
> airworthiness certificate. Also, you must furnish information required 
> in the regulation to the local flight standards district office (FSDO) 
> a minimum of seven days before the event (not the flight). Learn more 
> in AOPA's subject report about Charitable/Nonprofit/Community Events 
> <http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/regulatory/charity.html?WT.mc_id=090731epilot&WT.mc_sect=qzm>.
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