Thanks. I have already been shown my draft operating limitations, and
they're pretty much the same as his, except that I may be required to do
more test flight hours (way above the guidelines, which I have already told
them I object to). What I really want to talk about with someone who has
already gone through this is what the FSDO folks asked for during the
process, what roadblocks people have run into and how they were surmounted,
etc. For example, 8130.2F says that you must provide a letter stating all
air shows and other exhibition activities, including "static displays" in
which the aircraft will participate, and lists the letter as a mandatory
requirement. However, it doesn't say what happens when no plans have yet
been made to attend any exhibition activities. Also, 8130.2F mentions
homebuilt aircraft only in passing as virtually a sidebar in the Group IV
definition, but the rest of the document pretty much assumes the aircraft
was not homebuilt. In particular, it would be great to find someone who went
through the wringer with a homebuilt aircraft that someone else built, or
even better, a foreign amateur-built aircraft that was imported to the US
(yes, I know, kinda like trying to find that proverbial left-handed albino
lesbian dentist who voted for Bush.... but I don't lose anything by asking
if someone knows anyone else that's already been through what I have been
going through since _June_, believe it or not.

"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 22:08:13 -0400, "Juan Jimenez"
wrote:

Is there anyone here who has gone through the process of getting an
airworthiness certificate for a homebuilt aircraft as an experimental,
exhibition in group IV? I'd like to compare notes with someone who has
already done it. I had no idea what was involved when I went into it. Heck
of a way to learn... Mine's a turbine aircraft but I just want to compare
notes regardless of the type of aircraft.

Jim Pratt might be able to give you some help. He's got a sample of
Exp/Exhib
operations limitations:

http://www.provide.net/~pratt1/ambuilt/exhibyak.htm

It's for a Group I, but I suspect he should be able to help on a IV. His
web
page shows his email as [his last

Ron Wanttaja