cedavis
Joined: 05 Jun 2006
Posts: 23
Location: Malvern, PA
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 Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 5:02 pm Post subject: ELSA Registration and Airworthiness Certificate |
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Well, the Firefly has sold. The new owner has considerable ultralight
experience, along with some GA training but no PPL, meaning it was
sold as "misc parts".
Here's the interesting question: That leaves me with a data plate,
and FAA paperwork for a plane. Is there any value to these? Note the
registered and data-plated serial number does not match the serial
number stamped into the cage.
As an FAA attorney explained to me once "The data plate is the
airplane. Everything else is a replaceable part." We all know there
are many projects out there, some partially complete, some already
flying, with no way to become legal. Potentially, some one in this
situation could purchase my "plane" and conduct a "major
modification", such as replacing the engine, wings, cage and tail
assembly. The would require a sign of from the local FAA office, and
a new fly-off period, typically 5 hours.
It should certainly work for a Firefly, and perhaps even a Firestar.
The owner of our local field does aircraft restorations, and it's not
uncommon for antique planes to be completely rebuild, becoming
airworthy with not a single original part. And these are type
certified, not Experimental.
Thoughts?
Chuck
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