On May 4, 2:55*pm, "John Kunkel" wrote:
"Larry" wrote in message

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Am I allowed to fly my plane to a near by airport in order to complete
the aircraft annual even if it is a few days after annual due date? In
other words annual was done on 4/29/07 and now we are into May.

I would think that any savvy AI would have waited and signed the annual off
on 5/1 which gives the annual a 13 month duration. (Baker's dozen)

I would normally try to do that but sometimes the owner needs to be
legal on the first flight of his annual cycle as well as the last.
Scheduling and completion sometimes just don't work out and you end up
with a sign off on or near the last day of a month.

As for a ferry permit. The most important thing for the mechanic
arranging it is to know that any Airworthiness Directive that is
applicable is complied with prior to the ferry flight. Not usually a
big deal considering the typical low utilization of most aircraft and
a majority of ADs being based on hours but many ADs are based on
calendar time as well and that could bite if overlooked. You can fly
on a ferry permit if the inspection is overdue but you cannot normally
fly with an AD compliance overdue unless it is specifically allowed in
the AD and then the Ferry Permit has to allow for the that. So if you
apply for a ferry permit for the overdue annual and don't mention the
overdue AD then the pilot is definitely in violation.

John Dupre'