by Chuck Reynolds As a follow on to Susan’s post dealing with Aircraft or Lawn Ornament, and  Maintenance Record-keeping Requirements, I thought it important to relay a recurring scenario I was intimately familiar with over the years, which involved the purchase of an aircraft. Some of you might relate to this story since it still continues to happen time and time again to this very day. If you are thinking about buying an aircraft, the...

The FAA revised part 21, Certification Procedures for Products and Parts recently and we are going to speak specifically to Subpart L; Export Airworthiness Approvals. After the initial Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) and the public comment period closed, the final rule that emerged was considerably different.  Of course many of us grumbled because lets face it, we don’t particularly like change because it usually means we have to...

To pick up where we left off, we’ll discuss the aircraft maintenance record keeping requirements. While this particular regulation pertains to the average general aviation owner, it also may apply to part 135 on-demand charters operating aircraft excluding a pilots seat, of nine seats or less. Aircraft maintenance records are sometimes referred to as aircraft log books and a host of recordkeeping formats are in use today. The FAA does not...

Dare Country Airport, Monteo, NC December 18, 2011. The Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation operates a Douglas C-54 Skymaster, known as the “Spirit of Freedom,” as a flying museum educating the young and old alike of the events of the post WWII Berlin Airlift. Tim Chopp, President of the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation recently flew the aircraft on a candy drop with Gail Halvorsen, now 92 years old, the original Candy Bomber...

I have conducted many general aviation seminars over the years on the subject of aircraft maintenance records and I am always surprised when I hear an aircraft owner or operator politely inform me that maintenance records along with everything else in Subpart E of part 91 isn’t their responsibility; they typically mean that with all sincerity. Comments usually include something to the effect of; “since Subpart E of part 91 refers to...