On Wed, 03 May 2006 22:31:35 -0400, clare at snyder.on.ca wrote:





What is going to kill OM in Canada is the rediculous requirement
(currently - and just implemented) that the plane MUST PASS INSPECTION
before being converted to OM. You cannot take a non flying,
non-airworthy plane and place it in OM, then replace the engine with a
non-certified unit.

If you have such a plane, which requires significant repairs, you are
better to have it appraised for 51% and then de-register it and turn
it into a home-built.. Your Cessna 150 is then no longer a Cessna -
but it is a legal flying plane with whatever power-plant you want to
put in it - and it has been inspected by the MDRA to more or less
ensure it is safely modified and "restored".
Much better, in my opinion, than OM.

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it is amazing the codswallop we go through in the name of
certification. the actual requirement is an aircraft which is
structurally sound and from personal experience it isnt all that hard
to achieve.
I am personally fully in support of owner maintenance.

at the moment in australia I am unable to get a LAME who will sign out
my aircraft with out an extortionate bill and the expectation of
unlimited hours on the job. all the while the aircraft sits in the
hangar in perfectly airworthy condition.
I have decided that this is all crap and to be ignored.
I have the $25,000 investment not the stupid governement agency.

now how do I know that my aircraft is airworthy?
there seems little doubt of the fact while cruising at 121knots....
Stealth :-) Pilot