William Scott wrote: > Is it absolutely necesasry to have > EAA tech inspections during the building process?
The first time my tech inspector came out, he confessed that he knew little about composite aircraft, having been a really excellent A&P/IA for years. He told me it was obvious that I knew at least as much as the guy that designed the plane, and told me he'd be happy to drop by and "inspect" twice more to get the paperwork that the insurance companies like to see (three inspections by a tech counseler before first flight, as well as counseling by a "flight advisor"). He made those two "inspections" when I had the local EAA chapter over twice for a look see, and filed the paperwork with the EAA. As I got closer to flying (and buying hull insurance), I called EAA to verify. They had no record, and confessed that they're old accounting system would probably explain why it was lost. They claim to do better now, but my point is, keep a copy of the paperwork for proof... Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net --------------------------------------------------------------
