"certified' parts

Yes. The FAA says they need to be there, so they lie in the truck of
my car. However, my point is that when you get your private pilots
certificate you learn things like you need 3 landings in 90 days to
carry passengers, etc. People need to make the same effort when they
purchase an airplane. I'm sorry, but there is just no excluse for
buying a part at Autozone and thinking the FAA would bless it. If
you're going to invest the time/money in buying an airplane, and you're
going to do some of the work yourself, you really need to take the time
to learn the FARs associated with it.

-Robert, CFI

I agree there's no excuse for buying something from AutoZone. Not
having the service manual with you when you change the oil is more
forgivable.

Mike Granby wrote:
I agree there's no excuse for buying something from AutoZone.

Baloney. I get my landing lights from the Auto store. I hardwired my
GPS power cable and used a 1 amp fuse from Radio Shack. The list goes on.

Jimmy B. wrote:

Now, before everyone flames me and tells me I'm an idiot, these are not
my opinions, they are the opinions of the Safety Inspectors at
Washington - Dulles FSDO.

What do you mean by "safety inspectors." If you're talking about our
Aviation safety counselors, they are idiots. Do not believe anything
they say is correct or has any regulatory signfiicance with the FAA.


Manuals:
You must have current service manuals to do any (including preventative)
maintenance on your bird.

Bull****. You need those appropriate to what you are doing.

Parts:
You must buy the parts from an aviation source.

You must buy parts that meet the regulatory requirements. I'm not even
sure what an aviation source is supposed to mean. However, the point
about aviation parts vs. equivelent looking non-avaition parts is well
taken.

I think that the start of this thread stated that there was a
requirement to log IFR certified GPS database updates. The logging
requirement is met by the fact that the software displays the latest
update cycle when the unit is booted. No PAPER work is required.

Ron Natalie wrote:
Jimmy B. wrote:

Now, before everyone flames me and tells me I'm an idiot, these are
not my opinions, they are the opinions of the Safety Inspectors at
Washington - Dulles FSDO.


What do you mean by "safety inspectors." If you're talking about our
Aviation safety counselors, they are idiots. Do not believe anything
they say is correct or has any regulatory signfiicance with the FAA.


Manuals:
You must have current service manuals to do any (including
preventative) maintenance on your bird.


Bull****. You need those appropriate to what you are doing.

Parts:
You must buy the parts from an aviation source.


You must buy parts that meet the regulatory requirements. I'm not even
sure what an aviation source is supposed to mean. However, the point
about aviation parts vs. equivelent looking non-avaition parts is well
taken.

: Now, before everyone flames me and tells me I'm an idiot, these are not
: my opinions, they are the opinions of the Safety Inspectors at
: Washington - Dulles FSDO.

: What do you mean by "safety inspectors." If you're talking about our
: Aviation safety counselors, they are idiots. Do not believe anything
: they say is correct or has any regulatory signfiicance with the FAA.

Exactly... an airplane is not made safe by its paperwork. Period.

-Cory

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* Cory Papenfuss *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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