CFLav8r wrote:

I recently showed my instructor an ad for a Glasair and he remarked that
you could never get it IFR certified with the FAA.

He's correct, but only because the FAA does not certify any aircraft for IFR. If
you installed adequate avionics and instruments and got a shop to sign off the
altimeter, you could fly instruments in the Wright Flyer as far as the FAA is
concerned.

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