Key points: "licensed as Experimental-Exhibition ... Allowable use
depends upon the local FSDO."

Maybe they gave the local FSDO guy a ride...?

I honestly don't know how the Stearmans we gave rides in at PoF (way
back when) were registered. I surely don't recall 2-inch
"EXPERIMENTAL" lettering, though that existed in some of the warbirds.
Not that it matters in a single-seat fighter. :-D

We never sold rides in the multi-seat warbirds; those were always and
only volunteer perks. Now, then, if a hypothetical organization set
up a schedule that X hours of volunteer time earned you a ride in Y
WWII-vintage airplane, that might conceivably raise an eyebrow. Or
not, depending.


"C J Campbell" wrote in message ...
"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 14:30:06 GMT, "geo" wrote:

What are the rules for using experimental aircraft for commercial
purposes?

Depends on the certification of the Experimental. If it's certified
Experimental Amateur-Built, commercial operations are prohibited.

The other Experimental sub-categories may allow some limited commercial
operation, but almost always no operations involving carriage of
passengers
or cargo for hire. For instance, many of the airshow aircraft you see are
licensed as Experimental-Exhibition, and those are being operated
commercially. Allowable use depends upon the local FSDO.

I have wondered about that. EAA and whatever the CAF calls itself now
regularly sell rides on their airplanes. How do they do that?