Read the certificate....many operators might be surprised to find the
gliders or aircraft they are flying with experimental certificates have
limitations and have expired...hence are illegal to operate...the
certificate and the associated operating limitations were issued to the
owner's aircraft by their controlling agency (FSDO) and can apply to
operations by that aircraft while it is under the jurisdiction of that
issuing agency...when it is sold and moved the certificate and limitations
unless otherwise stated in the same are null and void....
tim

"PS" wrote in message
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I just purchased a glider that has a Special Airworthiness Cert.,
Experimental Category, Exhibition and Racing. The "Date of Issuance"
was 5/6/1983, as was the Operating Limitations and log entry. To the
right of the Issuance date on the certificate is the "Expiry" which
shows one year later as 5/5/1984. The operating limitations makes no
mention of an expiration, in fact it has the paragraph stating that
"no person shall operate...unless condition inspections are done in
the preceding 12 months" (which would be for the second and future
years), and it mentions condition inspections (plural) are to be
recorded. The entry in the log by the same FAA Rep. makes no mention
of an expiration.

This would have me think that the intent of the FAA representative was
to make the certificate of unlimited duration as I would expect. The
FAA database also shows no problems that I can tell, such as an
expired airworthiness certificate. Is this typical to have an "Expiry"
date on the cert. or do I have an issue? I hate to lose my loose
operating limitations by having to apply again. Can anyone explain?