Good answers.



"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
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| Lou wrote:
|
|
| Is this true? If I own an airplane and a friend who is a
CFI keeps
| borrowing my plane to instruct a third party for his
personal fee, the
| plane needs a hundred hour inspection?
|
| ABSOLUTELY.
|
| I'm new at this game, but that
| doesn't sound right. My understanding is that if the
plane is a rental,
| it needs a hundred hour inspection.
|
| INCORRECT. Rental has no bearing on the issue. The
rules say
| "carrying passengers for hire, or flight instruction when
the
| instructor provides the aircraft." If an instructor
comes and
| flies with me in MY aircraft, no 100 hour is required. If
it comes
| in his aircraft (or the club/fbo that employs him), the
100 hour
| is requied.
|
| I am certain that the flying club I
| belong to has hundred hour inspections only due to the
club rules not
| the FAA. The planes in my club are considered owned by
each member, not
| rented.
|
| Ownership again isn't so much of an issue. The issue is
if the club
| provides both the instructor and the plane, it needs a 100
hour. If
| the club just rents you the plane and you go out and get
your own
| instructor, it is not.