Change 1 to the Order was posted today and appears to revolve, for the most part, around LSA. I am assuming that the documents is effective the date of release since there doesn’t appear to be an official “Effective Date” published within. I did scan it and discovered that a few Operating Limitations have changed mainly #7 for Amateur-Built Aircraft and #1 for Exhibition and Air Racing which now state; (7) During Phase 1...

On April 27, 2011 the Australian CAA issued a “CAR 29, Direction not to Fly Aircraft for N65388,” which is a DC-3C. Interesting that over a year later we are being informed. At first glance I was hoping that the date was a type-o but as you can see the FAX date was January 24, 2011. By now you’ve received the text of the message which is as follows; If you are asked to provide a Special Flight Permit for this aircraft,...

I can’t make this stuff up! Looks like this company continues to be in hot water so if you have request to issue new part or exports tags, heads up. Here’s the two documents; Airplane Seat Belt Extenders and Seat Belt Extender Pros and More of Me to...

I spent the last few weeks enjoying the holiday and spending time just unwinding, hence the lack of posts. I hope you all enjoyed what ever time you were able to take to just sit back and enjoy life.  Summer seems to pass so quickly especially when every weekend is filled with loads of things to do. I did manage to stumble through the annual LL Bean 10K albeit not at lightening speed.  The fastest kid ran it in 32 minutes and I have his...

This Order has been revised recently and makes minor content changes and removes the Amateur-Built Aircraft Fabrication and Assembly Checklist (2009), (Fixed Wing) from appendix B. As you should know by now, those checklists can be found at the FAAs Amateur-Built Resources page and in our Resources section as well. NKIT is an FAA program which we are not a part of but the information is important so that we understand how the process...