Would this plane have flown?

That may all be true, but the FAA does have the ferry permit
to allow damaged airplanes to be flown, solo or required
crew only. Your insurance company has a contract to insure
your airplane if you operate it in accordance with the FAA
regulations.



"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
oups.com...
| You would also want to contact your insurance company
because most aircraft
| insurance policies are restricted to "when a valid
standard
| airworthiness certificate" is on the airplane.
|
| The insurance co's attitude was "spend what you have to,
do what ever
| you have to" to get the plane out of Mexico. If a pilot
leaves a plane
| in Mexico it can take months to get it back. The Mexican
gov't has a
| real hard time with pilots exiting that are not the pilot
who flew the
| plane in. Also, they know there is money in fixing
airplanes and they
| want to make real sure they get a piece of that.
Everything in Mexico
| requires lots of paperwork and every paper needs lots and
lots of
| stamps
|
| -Robert
|