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Another program letter question .....
On Mar 10, 5:19*pm, Andy wrote:
On Mar 10, 2:18*pm, Ron Gleason wrote: A follow up to my questions and what occurred when I contacted *the SLC FSDO. The only major difference I can see with the operating limitations letter is that I have to perform 'flight testing'. *This is described as 'This aircraft must be operated for at least 5 hours with at least 10 takeoffs and landing (to a full stop), and all operations must be conducted with 30 miles nautical miles of my home airport avoiding all mountainous terrain.' This requirement seems very strange. *To the best of my knowledge this sort of flight test phase is usually only applied to experimental amateur built and restricts operation over populated areas during the initial flights. * I had not such flight test phase defined when I was issued my experimental cert for my new ASW 28. In my case though the operating limitations say they apply after completion of the flight test phase but no flight test phase is defined. *They also reference the 300nm restriction relative to the home base airport but no home base airport is defined. I really don't think they have a very rigorous or consistent process, but if you are happy with what they gave you don't rock the boat. BTW I think avoiding mountainous terrain is good advice for all of us. *Keep at least half a wingspan away! Andy Every Ex glider I've had has had a requirement for flight test phase and logbbok entry indicating that glider was found to be controllable and had "normal flight characteristics through the entire flight envelope - language paraphrased. UH |
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Another program letter question .....
On Mar 10, 3:42*pm, wrote:
On Mar 10, 5:19*pm, Andy wrote: On Mar 10, 2:18*pm, Ron Gleason wrote: A follow up to my questions and what occurred when I contacted *the SLC FSDO. The only major difference I can see with the operating limitations letter is that I have to perform 'flight testing'. *This is described as 'This aircraft must be operated for at least 5 hours with at least 10 takeoffs and landing (to a full stop), and all operations must be conducted with 30 miles nautical miles of my home airport avoiding all mountainous terrain.' This requirement seems very strange. *To the best of my knowledge this sort of flight test phase is usually only applied to experimental amateur built and restricts operation over populated areas during the initial flights. * I had not such flight test phase defined when I was issued my experimental cert for my new ASW 28. In my case though the operating limitations say they apply after completion of the flight test phase but no flight test phase is defined. *They also reference the 300nm restriction relative to the home base airport but no home base airport is defined. I really don't think they have a very rigorous or consistent process, but if you are happy with what they gave you don't rock the boat. BTW I think avoiding mountainous terrain is good advice for all of us. *Keep at least half a wingspan away! Andy Every Ex glider I've had has had a requirement for flight test phase and logbbok entry indicating that glider was found to be controllable and had "normal flight characteristics through the entire flight envelope - language paraphrased. Not mine. Maybe SDL FSDO accepted the factory flight test as satisfying that requirment. Like I said, not consistent. Andy |
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Another program letter question .....
For anyone starting a list from Tom's post, also add:
Operating Limitations Dataplate requirement exemption (2): - original - letter of extension Logbook (the glider's, of course) Insurance (not required, but good to keep a copy in the glider) The dataplate exemption and extension are available at the SSA web site: http://www.ssa.org/myhome.asp?mbr=67...ive =3/1/2002 ..02NO |
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