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On Jan 23, 10:40 am, wrote:

With that much work REassembling an airframe and engine, why not have
an A&P follow and
document your work and hours and get YOUR own A&P ........
Reggie

Not that easy in Australia. The US probably has one of the
easiest-to-get licenses; the Australian system, like our Canadian, is
based on the British system. Our Canadian requirements include an 1800-
hour formal course of study (some of which can be applied to the
apprenticeship time, the course is an approved course), 70% of the
applicable ATA tasks performed, an apprenticeship that will run
anywhere from two to four years, depending on the level of the formal
training course take, and four exams (airframe, engine, general and
regulations). The whole thing will take four years at least, no matter
what. Australia will be similar. Mine took me six years. The result is
an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer's license, with the inspection
privileges of the A&P-IA.
And the stickler: a homebuilt project doesn't count. A homebuilt
is an airplane when it comes to registering it, getting a C of A,
flying it and insuring it, but not if you want it to count for
apprenticeship time. Strange.


Dan
A friend bought an amateur built helicopter that was complete with the
exception of the builders tag and airworthiness. He disassembled it to the
point beyond a quick build kit, re-painted it and checked off the 51% form
and he did more than 51%. FAA found that he had used an airframe that had
been previously used and had some flight time on it and refused to license
it as experimental homebuilt and insisted on making it exhibition only.
There is a wide variation on what is accepted by the various FAA and DARs
when issuing airworthiness certs.

Stu