On 27 May 2005 17:35:12 -0700, (Eugene Maslov) wrote:

Dear All,
Could you please help me answering the question below?

An idea drills me to build an aerobatic plane with crazy or funny
design, specially dedicated to participation in air shows, festivals,
public celebrations, etc. But, most likely, maximum airworthiness
level that it will get is experimental one, because type certification
is too expensive for a series of one or two. As far as I know, FAA
doesn't allow commercial usage of experimental planes. Does a legal
way exist to earn money with experimental plane flying at public
events? E.g. in USA, Europe, Canada, Brazil, etc...? I cannot find the
straight way in the laws, but actually I see that many military
aerobatic teams, flying planes without FAR certificates, really do
it...

I can only speak to the US regulations, Eugene, but:

There are restrictions, but experimental aircraft can be used for some
commercial operations, including air shows. Your plane will have to be
certified in the Experimental/Exhibition category instead of
Experimental/Amateur-Built. Jim Pratt has a copy of the FAA's advisory circular
at:

http://provide.net/~pratt1/ambuilt/8130-27.htm

Experimental/Exhibition is otherwise more restrictive than
Experimental/Amateur-Built, but many airshow planes are licensed in this
category.

Government-operated aircraft, in the US, aren't required to have FAA
certificates. That's why the military teams aren't affected.

Ron Wanttaja