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2004 Glasair Aviation, LLC Arlington, Washington All rights reserved
7-1 GENERAL
The purpose of this section is to describe ground handling procedures
for the Sportsman and also to outline the requirements for maintaining
the aircraft in an airworthy condition. The Federal Aviation Regulations
(FARs) place the responsibility for the maintenance of this airplane on
the owner and operator, who must ensure that all maintenance is done
in conformity with established airworthiness requirements.
The FAA, on request, will issue a repairman’s certificate to the original
builder of an experimental amateur-built aircraft. This certificate
enables the builder to perform all the maintenance and overhaul work
necessary to keep the aircraft in legal flying condition, and also enables
the builder to conduct the annual condition inspection. The certificate
applies only to the individual aircraft (not to others of the same model),
and is non-transferable; if the airplane is sold, the new owner must
have a licensed mechanic (or the original builder) perform maintenance
and the annual inspection. Specific information regarding repairman
certification can be found in AC 65-23,
Certification of Repairmen
(Experimental Aircraft Builders)
.
All limits, procedures, safety practices, time limits, and servicing and
maintenance requirements contained in this handbook are considered
mandatory.
When testing a new experimental aircraft, inspection after each flight is
essential
for the first 25 hours. We cannot stress this enough. Any
problems are most likely to occur during the initial hours of flight
testing. For the second 25 hours, we recommend performing a major
inspection after each 5 hours of flight or if anything appears out of the