On Jun 21, 5:34*am, Allan Barnes wrote:
On Jun 21, 10:01*pm, Mike wrote:

I'd contact Costello Insurance Co. They are very familiar with gliders
and write group insurance for SSA members and clubs.

Thanks Mike.

I think I might have hit a bigger hurdle, and that is the ownership
itself. It appears that a non-US Citizen can't own an 'N' registered
aircraft. I would have thought that there were plenty of glider owners
who didn't meet that criteria? I really wouldn't want to have to pay
an Australian sailplane engineer to come over to the US and re-
register it as an Australian aircraft - although it looks like that
might be the only option?

It's not actually true that a non US citizen cannot own an N
registered aircraft, but becoming a resident alien will be just a big
an obstacle for you. You can, however, be a member of a Limited
Liability Company and the company can own the aircraft. In US many
aircraft are owned by, and registered to, an LLC rather than the
individual partners themselves. The LLC allows a US national and a non
US national to co-own an aircraft.

In your situation the best solution may be to lease the glider from
the current owner until you are ready to leave US. You could be a
named insured on the owner's policy. When it's time to leave, compete
the purchase, and arrange for de-registration and export.


Andy