On Sep 23, 4:51*pm, "Stu Fields" wrote:
"Jim Logajan" wrote in message

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Jim Logajan wrote:
"Stu Fields" wrote:
FAR 91.409 involves itself with requiring some sort of special
inspection program for turbine powered rotorcraft. *Builders of
Amateur Built turbine powered rotorcraft are being forced to generate
some inspection program documentation to get the airworthiness
certificate.

91.409(e) (and 91.409(b)(4)) specifically state that the owner or

Nevermind what I just wrote... 91.409 isn't the whole story.

While 91.409 essentially states that it does not apply to experimental
aircraft, the requirements the FAA uses in issuance of ACs for AB aircraft
are in another document: Order 8130.2f, specifically section 9.

Unfortunately, in Section 9, paragraphs (23), (24), and (25) of page 165
it requires the inspection program of 91.409(e), (f), (g), and (h).

Not sure this link will work, but here it is:
http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Gu...ders.nsf/0/1ba...

I feel your pain.

Jim: *It gets better. *A friend replaced an underpowered, un-reliable two
stroke in his Mini-500 with a Solar turbine engine. *It required about 6
months of steady repeated submissions to obtain final approval. *The worst
was that if they rejected the sentence on page one, they never even looked
at page two. *You correct their objection only to find that they now have an
objection on page two. *On and On. *Another acquaintenance finally got his
inspection plan approved and loaned to another guy with the same aircraft
and the same engine. *Different FSDO rejected the same plan approved by the
first FSDO.
I've left phone msgs and sent e-mails to local FSDO to discuss this issue..
No response. *Maybe they shut down??

Lord I'm looking forward to the government managed health care....

Stu Fields

Welll....That's kind of a half empty/half full thing, isn't it? What
if all the FSDO's were like the 2nd one?

And if you like the industry/Insurance company-run health quote-care-
unquote we've got now, I've got a feeling you've either never been
sick or you own some stock in health care companies. Have a read (the
info is verifiable everywhere except Faux News):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...r=emailarticle

Having said that, odds are that the changes we will finally get after
our 'representatives' finish porking it up will probably just make
things worse.

Charlie