On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:25:10 -0800, "Stuart Fields"
wrote:

There was one example where two guys in essence re-designed the SeaBee
amphib and manufactured new pieces as well as incorporated an automotive
engine and they got the Experimental Amateur Built registration...

Also look at all the Piper Cub clones in kit form.

At one time in the US, a lot of people were building "homebuilts" by
building a fuselage and using wings from a commercial aircraft (the
Breezy comes to mind). I'm pretty sure the FAA doesn't allow this any
more.

In the end, it comes down to the local FSDO or DAR... and what seems
"logical" to us may well not seem that way to a government bureaucrat.

-Dana
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"You sure it's broken? Let me make sure..."