Experimental Aiworthiness

Gadget Guy wrote:
I have just recently had my Airworthiness inspection on a DG-300
completed by the local DAR. He provided me with 5 pages of limitations.
I noticed that the past owner had only 1 page, a total of 9 limitations.
The airplane has only been in the country for 7 years. Does someone
know where these limitations come from? What is the Guideline that the
FAA DAR follows when issueing?
The plane has a exhibition/racing Special Airworthiness.

John


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Gadget Guy

Since I moved from Florida to New Mexico I had to update my
registration, special airworthiness certificate, operating limitations,
and program letter. The local FSDO made it as painless as possible,
and to zero in on the question you pose, I did a very careful check to
ensure that my operating limitations did not change from the old
version to new. I found one paragraph missing from the new OLs and
asked the inspector about it, but he said the ommission was covered by
what was in my program letter. And besides, he also said that the OLs
change all the time. I have quite a few more paragraphs than the nine
you have, but they are not onerous. I can pretty much fly wherever and
whenever I want. And if you want to fly somewhere that you did not
indicate in your program letter, it is simply a matter of notifying the
FAA of your intentions, and you can do that by faxing an amendment of
your program letter to the local FSDO. Your duty is to notify only so
a response is not required (nor are you likely to get one).