At 14:15 26 March 2019, wrote:
Schleicher has informed us that the FAA is still delayed in issuing a
Stand=
ard Airworthiness for our new ASK 21B as well as the Flight and
Maintenance=
Manuals. Actions have consequences: the Government shutdown
is being
cited=
by FAA personnel for not having completed this work.
There have been - to my knowledge - a number of '21B gliders
imported
recen=
tly to the US. Has anyone found a work-around for this problem?
Even here
a=
round Chicago, the season is getting started...
Herb



Normally, you could get an Experimental Airworthiness as long as
the manufacturer grandfathers the early serial numbers into the FAA
TCDS agreement so that when it eventually goes through, you can
convert to a regular STD Airworthiness Certificate.

I am in this exact situation with my Discus-2b. The JAR 22
agreement had not gone through yet when I took delivery of it back
in 1999, so it was licensed as Experimental. The FAA TCDS has the
early serial numbers (including mine) grandfathered, so that I can
convert it to STD whenever I like. I have just been lazy, so mine is
still Experimental, but it is a single seater, and I don't use it for
commercial or ride purposes, so the Experimental ticket doesn't
really hinder me at all except for writing the annual program letter.

RO