But can you inspect your own glider and sign it off or must some
appointed person do it?

In the US many years ago the FAA required a logbook entry with each
assembly of a glider.Â* The Soaring Society convinced the FAA that it was
routine to assemble and dismantle gliders before and after flight.Â*
Thankfully the requirement was removed.

On 6/29/2018 9:41 AM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Fri, 29 Jun 2018 08:33:55 -0600, Dan Marotta wrote:

Things may have changed since I last flew in Australia back in the
mid-80s.Â* I was surprised when I said I would preflight my ship and was
told that I was not authorized to do that!Â* Only the "engineer" could
perform a preflight.Â* I've heard similar about the BGA, though I've
never been there.Â* And I'd suspect that process was only meant for club,
not private, ships.

This applies to all gliders in BGA clubs. All have DI books which are
signed every day the glider is flown to show that known deferrable faults
have been fixed or deferred and visual inspection and positive control
checks have been done and the glider is passed as serviceable. My Libelle
is currently pegged down in its covers and will still get the same
preflight checks before its next flight that it got when it was rigged
yesterday.



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Dan, 5J