On Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 4:57:34 PM UTC-5, Steve Leonard wrote:
On Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 3:23:54 PM UTC-6, JJ Sinclair wrote:
Get Transport Canada to "De-register the sailplane for export to USA", then obtain an "N" number and fill out a request for registration, send it to the FAA along with the bill of sale you got from the seller and your check for $5 bucks and the paperwork should be all done. Have an A&P / AI inspect the machine and sign off an annual and then you get to fly your new honey.
JJ
Plus, scrub off the "C" number and put on your new "N" number. Acetone usually removes old numbers and the new one can be vinyl.

Well, there is a bit more to it than that, JJ. Depends on Standard License or Owner Maintenance in Canada, and if it is to be Standard Airworthiness or Experimental in the US. Then there is the visit from the FAA or DAR for issuing the airworthiness certificate and or operating limitations.

Also had the recommendation to conduct the transaction in Canada. If done there, you are bringing your property into the US. No issues. If the transaction happens here, you can get in trouble with papers as the plane was "brought into the US with intent to sell" and there are fees, etc that must be paid, and forms to be filed in triplicate. And we won't go in to the "8 by ten color glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explainin' what each one was, to be used as evidence against us..."

Steve Leonard

Arlo Guthrie...... nuff said...... LOL........ Yes, I have BOTH versions.......

PS, added "quotes" to the end of your post...... ;-)