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Old January 9th 07, 01:12 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Robert M. Gary
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C J Campbell wrote:
On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 12:30:14 -0800, Grumman-581 wrote
(in article ):

According to today's AvWeb's article for today, it seems that our old
paper licenses are going to no longer be valid in a couple of years...
Just as well -- they sucked for scraping frost off the inside of a
windshield anyway...


Eh, the CFI certificate is good for only two years anyway, so pretty much all
the active CFIs have plastic certificates anyway. And I had to replace the
pilot certificate when I got my pocket picked in the Philippines.


When you renew your CFI certificate if you don't already have a new
pilot's certificate one is automatically sent. The new certificates
don't include SSN so it wouldn't make much sense to send a new CFI
ticket with a new number but still says "valid only with pilot
certificate XXX-XX-XXX"

-Robert

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Old January 9th 07, 01:20 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe
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"Jose" wrote in message
et...
I wonder if anyone is still flying around on a certificate signed by
Orville.



Not me. Mine was signed by Alexander P. Butterfield - whoever that was.

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Old January 9th 07, 01:33 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Grumman-581 writes:

And with the new remotely readable e-Passports, I can see a market for
lead lined passport holders...


Aluminum would work better. The holders have to be conductive, not
opaque to X rays.

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Old January 9th 07, 01:35 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Gary[_2_]
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I just received my plastic certificate in today's mail. I passed my
PP-ASEL checkride on Nov 5, so this is the first certificate for me.
Opening the envelope to find it brought a huge smile to my face.

Have they been issuing the plastic certificates for long? I was
expecting paper, until I saw the AVWeb article yesterday. The letter
that came with my certificate said the FAA had been issuing paper
certificates since 1926,

It's got a magnetic strip on the back...I wonder what's encoded
there...

Gary

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Old January 9th 07, 02:34 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Jim Macklin
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Get one now, just report your current certificate missing
and ask that all certificates you now hold have the SSN
removed. They will replace them all, with a single common
FAA number.



"Jose" wrote in message
et...
| I wonder if anyone is still flying around on a
certificate signed by
| Orville.
|
| I wonder if we're going to be charged for these new
licenses that are
| now mandated.
|
| Jose
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Old January 9th 07, 02:47 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Jose[_1_]
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Get one now, just report your current certificate missing...

Nah. I'll just go for my commercial rating.

Actually I started that, stopped when the arrow I was using developed a
problem with the prop governer (it is the shortest flight in my logbook)
and I got sidetracked onto other things. Maybe I'll go back and finish
it up.

Jose
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Old January 9th 07, 03:27 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
BT
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I did not pay for mine either... I just upgraded my ratings..

oh.. well.. in a way I guess you could say I paid something..
BT

wrote in message
oups.com...
I assume the same $2 they charge now.


I don't remember paying for mine.



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Old January 9th 07, 04:09 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Danny Deger
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"Grumman-581" wrote in message
news
According to today's AvWeb's article for today, it seems that our old
paper licenses are going to no longer be valid in a couple of years...
Just as well -- they sucked for scraping frost off the inside of a
windshield anyway...


Does anyone have information on the process to get one?

Danny Deger


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Old January 9th 07, 05:13 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Pixel Dent
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In article ,
"Danny Deger" wrote:

"Grumman-581" wrote in message
news
According to today's AvWeb's article for today, it seems that our old
paper licenses are going to no longer be valid in a couple of years...
Just as well -- they sucked for scraping frost off the inside of a
windshield anyway...


Does anyone have information on the process to get one?

Danny Deger


You can do it online

http://www.faa.gov/licenses_certific...on/certificate
_replacement/
 




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