US Citizen relocating to Canada

wrote:
Seems to me that a US-registered airplane can only be in
Canada for up to 90 days in any calendar year. Might be an issue for
you.
Duty on a used airplane? First I've heard of it. GST (Federal
tax) and any applicable provincal taxes would apply. Our government
likes to tax us to death.

Dan

I suspect you are right. However I know of someone who
was told by Transport Canada to just leave it with an
N-number on it (it was for private use only). The version
I heard from this individual was that Transport doesn't
have a "private operator equivalent" of the leasing regs.
for commercial N-numbered aircraft. (In this case, the
airplane was FAA type certified, but not Transport Canada
type certified, so Transport had no way of issuing a CofA.)

I suppose you might have to take a cross boarder cross
country, to be legit.

However, I have observed that switching from an N-number to
Canadian C-xxxx can be a challenge. The airworthiness folks
at Transport can be nitpicky. They want to see the airplane
configured exactly the way it left the factory, unless you
have STC paperwork for all changes. Then there are things
like different ELT standards, etc.

I know of a case where such an inspection failed because
there was no yellow triangular "ELT installed here" sticker
on the airframe. When the owner stated that he'd get
one right away, the Transport Inspector shrugged his
shoulders and said, "Once you've done that, call the office
and schedule another inspection". That happenned, three
weeks later.

rick