"BT" wrote in message
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Thanx Bob... that's a new wrinkle I had not seen..

Although, there are ways the FAA can make it difficult for you.

At a EAA flyin, a FAA inspector guy told us that although you were not
required to have a seaplane rating for an experimental seaplane, if he was
doing the signing off the inspection before the initial test period and knew
the person going to fly it was not seaplane rated, he would likely make the
restrictions something like "only to fly on the last Tuesday in the month
after a full moon at full tide and only if the full tide maximum occurs at
2:00 PM."

You get the idea. He wanted to make sure a person flying a brand new
homebuilt was rated for the aircraft.
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Jim in NC