"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message
...

I flipped through my registration database and came up with three BD-5s
with
Experimental/Exhibition licensing. The only names actually listed were
Michael
Watkins of Temecula, CA, and Dave "Hammer" Harris, a fellow Seattle-area
EAAer.
I've got an email address for Harris, if you haven't talked to him
already.

I know Dave, and I've talked extensively with Bob Bishop, whose panel
upgrade I designed for all three of his -5J's. He did his airworthiness
years ago, though, and things have changed. He's been a lot of help for some
key issues, though.

Another possibility would be Classic Fighter Industries in Everett,
Washington... they're the folks scratch-building the ME-262s. Dave Hammer
(no,
NOT the same guy as "Hammer" Harris) is in charge. The outfit has a
"contact"
page at:

http://www.stormbirds.com/project/common/contact.htm

Hmm... now there's an interesting idea. I think I will contact them.

I also took a general look at all the Experimental/Exhibition category
aircraft.
Homebuilt types popped up to some extent. Several of the recent Wright
Flyer
replicas are in this category, 'though I suspect the owners didn't worry
about
trying to get loose limitations. The Europa folks had three Exp/Exh
planes;
maybe there's still someone you can talk to at Lakeland.

BTW, I'm presuming you're shooting for Experimental/Exhibition so the BD-5
can
be used for airshow work....

Well, yes and no. Regardless of what I want to do with the plane, I don't
have a choice. The original builder in Australia did not keep a builder's
log nor did he compile photographs of the work in progress, so I cannot
submit evidence that it was amateur-built. And the only group I fit into in
exhibition is group IV.

Juan