Program Letter time again

On Tuesday, January 7, 2014 6:47:36 AM UTC-8, JJ Sinclair wrote:
I was searching through my computer files for something when I came across a file named Program Letter.................Oh, yeah! The FAA wants me to send them this years agenda by 30 Jan. Its easy, just make the indicated changes on the e-form and hit send.

See you on the grid,

Pat & JJ

I bought a new to me sailplane and it holds an experimental "Exhibition" airworthiness certificate the limitation were written in 1979 nothing like limitations written today (8130.2 G) and I had a hard time letting go. No where in my Limitations did it say I needed a Program Letter. I knew when I called my PMI at the local FSDO he was going to make me have new limitations written up and I was right. I tried to get around this by just asking about who I should send my program letter to and a slight mention that I just bought this sailplane and now I am caught up in the dark world of the Federal Aviation Administration. I hope I will not have to educate my local FAA Dark Lord about sailplanes, and I pray to God that I have every thing back in the cockpit by the time the first Cu pops, I also have a funny feeling I will get a new airworthiness certificate for "Air Racing" instead of "Exhibition", I could have just flown all year and pleaded ignorance...my sailplane would not have known the difference...my insurance man probably would not have caught this...to late now.... to be continued...I am sure I am doing the right thing.....ignorance, what is wrong with that?

On Thursday, January 9, 2014 10:37:26 AM UTC-6, wrote:
I bought a new to me sailplane and it holds an experimental "Exhibition" airworthiness certificate the limitation were written in 1979 nothing like limitations written today (8130.2 G) and I had a hard time letting go. No where in my Limitations did it say I needed a Program Letter.

So, why did you let go? I have a plane that has the old, unlimited expiration, experimental, Exhibition and Air Racing Certificate. The certificate and limitations were lost somewhere along the way. I got the FAA records on the airplane, and took them to my local FAA office. I explained that I have this plane, and the certificate has been lost. Told them I would like to get the original certificate re-issued, replacement copies of what is on the records. They issued a new copy of the airworthiness certificate and operating limitations, with changes to a couple of paragraph numbers of the FARs that have changed since 1979. Did not get the new requirement of a Program Letter.

Maybe there is a benefit to living in Wichita, The Air Capital of The World.. So we claim.

Steve