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150flivver wrote:
> On the AOPA board an individual is rebuilding a Bellanca Viking and
> claims that as long as he can show he rebuilt 51% of the aircraft, he
> can relicense it as a homebuilt experimental. Is this so? Seems like
> all the basket cases that I have seen rebuilt from the ground up are
> still certified as manufactured aircraft. Why wouldn't you see more
> experimental Cessnas, Pipers and such?
>
Ground up rebuild (a beauty of a pun) is easy.
That's the way it's supposed to be done.
Experimental Amateur Built might take a good relationship with the local FIDO.
It has been done, but...
Get the book from FAA (Amateru Built Handbook) and take the 51% quiz for the
aircraft in question.
All those parts have to be "manufactured" too, you know.
Richard
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Re: Rebuilding to Experimental
