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Lynn Matteson

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 2778
Location: Grass Lake, Michigan

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 12:38 pm Post subject: Got my Airworthiness Certificate!

They tell me that I now have an airplane!  I just got my AC, and now 

I'm a real airplane owner, not a project owner. It'll still be a 

project, but I'm that much closer to having something to fly...as soon 

as I get done with flight instruction, that is...and get the  40 hrs 

flown off, etc, etc....

It's only been 18 and a half months, but it seems like an eternity 

since I drove to Texas and picked up this project, and now it's ready 

for test flying. One of these days I'll clean up the shop, but for now 

it's time to celebrate.



Lynn

Kitfox IV...Jabiru 2200

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Lynn
Kitfox IV-Jabiru 2200
N369LM

Graeme Toft

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 123

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 1:14 pm Post subject: Got my Airworthiness Certificate!

Good onya Lynn. That first flight is close now.



Cheers

Graeme 



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Michel

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 966
Location: Norway

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 1:17 pm Post subject: Got my Airworthiness Certificate!

On Mar 11, 2006, at 9:39 PM, Lynn Matteson wrote:



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		   They tell me that I now have an airplane!


	


Congrats, Lynn! You experience something I -who bought a second-hand 

Kitfox - never have or will! May your TAFs always be CAVOK and the blue 

side, up!



Cheers,

Michel



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Kitfox 3 - Jabiru 2200

aldaniels(at)fmtc.com
Guest

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 1:24 pm Post subject: Got my Airworthiness Certificate!

Congratulations. It is a great feeling. It is odd how anti climatic it 

can be. One day you go to the shop and there just is nothing left to do. 

It feels great, but then you get that nagging feeling you need to build 

on a plane. Then you get to thinking what if ----. Life is good, and 

these airplanes add some spice to it. Pictures, I want pictures.



Great accomplishment, something to be very proud of.



Alan



Lynn Matteson wrote:



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They tell me that I now have an airplane!  I just got my AC, and now 

I'm a real airplane owner, not a project owner. It'll still be a 

project, but I'm that much closer to having something to fly...as soon 

as I get done with flight instruction, that is...and get the  40 hrs 

flown off, etc, etc....

It's only been 18 and a half months, but it seems like an eternity 

since I drove to Texas and picked up this project, and now it's ready 

for test flying. One of these days I'll clean up the shop, but for now 

it's time to celebrate.



Lynn

Kitfox IV...Jabiru 2200

janderson412(at)hotmail.c
Guest

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 2:50 pm Post subject: Got my Airworthiness Certificate!

Congrats Lynn, that's two of us as I have JUST received mine!! Great feeling 

after 7 years a fun, toil and every emotion one could name. First flight in 

a few days, just when I get my first day off and a nice day all in one. John 

A. Series 5 TD



From:  Lynn Matteson <lynnmatt(at)jps.net>

Reply-To:  kitfox-list(at)matronics.com

To:  kitfox-list(at)matronics.com

Subject:  Got my Airworthiness Certificate!

Date:  Sat, 11 Mar 2006 15:39:09 -0500




They tell me that I now have an airplane!  I just got my AC, and now

I'm a real airplane owner, not a project owner. It'll still be a

project, but I'm that much closer to having something to fly...as soon

as I get done with flight instruction, that is...and get the  40 hrs

flown off, etc, etc....

It's only been 18 and a half months, but it seems like an eternity

since I drove to Texas and picked up this project, and now it's ready

for test flying. One of these days I'll clean up the shop, but for now

it's time to celebrate.



Lynn

Kitfox IV...Jabiru 2200



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fredshiple(at)sbcglobal.n
Guest

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:31 pm Post subject: Got my Airworthiness Certificate!

Congratulations Lynn!

  Fred

They tell me that I now have an airplane! I just got my AC, and now

Brett Walmsley

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 47
Location: Savannah, GA

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 5:18 pm Post subject: Got my Airworthiness Certificate!

Way to go Lynn.

You started after me. And I'm just hanging the engine. You really made good 

time.



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Brett
Model IV 1200/912UL

donpearsall
Guest

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 5:40 pm Post subject: Got my Airworthiness Certificate!

Congratulations Lynn! Way to go! Now let hear a flight report when you get

her in the air.

 

Don Pearsall



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rjdaugh(at)rapidnet.com
Guest

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 6:18 pm Post subject: Got my Airworthiness Certificate!

Great News Lynn!



Be safe and enjoy and keep us informed.



Randy



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rdmac(at)swbell.net
Guest

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 6:22 pm Post subject: Got my Airworthiness Certificate!

Congrats Lynn and welcome to true airplane ownership. Now get that bird in

the air. My first flight was really a none event. I look forward to hearing

about yours. I have close to 5 hours on my ride now. Getting more

comfortable with every landing.

	All the Best

	Roger Mac

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Lynn Matteson

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 2778
Location: Grass Lake, Michigan

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 6:44 pm Post subject: Got my Airworthiness Certificate!

Thanks Brett and all...



Yeah I started after you, but I seem to recall that you have a job and 

other time-consuming obligations, which I don't  have, so I was able to 

"give it a go" for big stretches of time at a time. Now it's time to go 

after that Sport Pilot rating with great gusto so I can fly a few of 

the mandated 40 hrs off myself, instead of watching someone else do 

that.



Funny part about getting the AC though....the DAR says that because it 

is now an airplane, I can't legally work on it, or make entries in the 

log book regarding maintenance, until after the 40 is flown off, and I 

have then turned in my maintenance paperwork, and in so doing, acquire 

the permit to maintain it....strange, ain't it....I build the damn 

thing, and now I can't work on it!...legally.



Lynn

Kitfox IV...Jabiru 2200



On Saturday, March 11, 2006, at 08:17  PM, Brett Walmsley wrote:



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 Way to go Lynn.

 You started after me. And I'm just hanging the engine. You really made 

 good

 time.

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Lynn
Kitfox IV-Jabiru 2200
N369LM

morid(at)northland.lib.mi
Guest

Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 4:52 am Post subject: Got my Airworthiness Certificate!

Lynn, congrats on the sign-off.

As for what the DAR says, it sounds bogus to me.  On both of my sign-offs

the FAA rep did the paperwork right there on the spot, gave me a carbon for

proof of Repairman's Certificate, and the permanent certificate came in the

mail about 2 weeks later.  Nothing was said about not being able to work on

that.  I don't know the actual wording in the regs, but I doubt that he's

right.

Deke

Still snowed in, but melting fast.

NE Michigan



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Bill Willyard

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 34
Location: Grandville, Michigan U.S.A.

Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 7:02 am Post subject: Got my Airworthiness Certificate!

Funny part about getting the AC though....the DAR says that because it  

is now an airplane, I can't legally work on it, or make entries in the  

log book regarding maintenance, until after the 40 is flown off, and I  

have then turned in my maintenance paperwork, and in so doing, acquire  

the permit to maintain it....strange, ain't it....I build the damn  

thing, and now I can't work on it!...legally.



Lynn

Kitfox  IV...Jabiru 2200



Lunn; Congratulations, it's really a nice feeling. I applied for my  

repairman's certificate concurrently with the inspection and was issued a  temporary 

repairman's certificate on the spot. There sure isn't any consistency  in the 

process.

 

Bill W.

Classic IV 912ul

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Bill Willyard
Classic IV 912UL

Tom Jones

Joined: 12 Mar 2006
Posts: 752
Location: Ellensburg, WA

Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:03 am Post subject: Re: Got my Airworthiness Certificate!

Lynn

Your DAR is full of beans about working on the plane now.  Anyone can work on an Experimental.  You just need to have the Repairman's Certificate to sign the logbook for the Annual.  You do need to apply to your FISDO for the Repairman's Certificate.



Congratulations on the AC

Tom Jones

lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net
Guest

Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 9:32 am Post subject: Got my Airworthiness Certificate!

Congratulations to Lynn and John.  I'm sure the feelings are great about now 

and will proably get a bit better with the report of the first flight. 

Looking forward to that.



Lowell

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janderson412(at)hotmail.c
Guest

Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 10:49 pm Post subject: Got my Airworthiness Certificate!

Thankyou kindly Lowell, yep I'll let you all know, you'll probibly hear me 

yell when I jump for joy. John

From: "Lowell Fitt" <lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net>

Reply-To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com

To: <kitfox-list(at)matronics.com>

Subject: Re: Got my Airworthiness Certificate!

Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 09:30:40 -0800

Congratulations to Lynn and John.  I'm sure the feelings are great about now

and will proably get a bit better with the report of the first flight.

Looking forward to that.

Lowell

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roncarolnikko(at)hotmail.
Guest

Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:08 pm Post subject: Got my Airworthiness Certificate!

Congrads John and Lynn.     You can taxi test all you want without a license 

I think, but don't get caught flying.  I Crow hopped a lot before leaving 

the field my first time anyway.

   Ron NB Ore

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		  From: Lynn Matteson <lynnmatt(at)jps.net>

Reply-To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com

To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com

Subject: Got my Airworthiness Certificate!

Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 15:39:09 -0500






They tell me that I now have an airplane!  I just got my AC, and now

I'm a real airplane owner, not a project owner. It'll still be a

project, but I'm that much closer to having something to fly...as soon

as I get done with flight instruction, that is...and get the  40 hrs

flown off, etc, etc....

It's only been 18 and a half months, but it seems like an eternity

since I drove to Texas and picked up this project, and now it's ready

for test flying. One of these days I'll clean up the shop, but for now

it's time to celebrate.



Lynn

Kitfox IV...Jabiru 2200

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