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Use the flow chart in AC43.210a Figure 3-1, answer the questions, you come up with “consider as a minor repair or minor alteration”! Document the...

I think I have 3 copies of Bruhn, one is 3rd edition, forget the date, one is 1958 and then the most recent 1973 edition. Somewhere in the 40s they...

I would suggest getting in touch with all the alphabet groups and make your voices known. They all have folks with direct contacts at FAA...

I’d love to be able to do “fax” ferry permits, but unlike the FAA inspectors, I have to abide by the guidance in 8130-2 and other “Orders”. Within...

Most DARs got there after having done lots of ferry permits as an A&P. I’ve patched up more airplane that had pilots forget to put the wheels down,...

Web, That’s kind of the point of the ferry permit, it doesn’t have to meet the TC and by definition is not airworthy. The only requirement is a...

All the FAA regulations are just that, regulations under Title 14 of the code of federal regulations. They are not LAWS in the same sense as the...

They haven’t taken anything away from the A&P, they shifted what they did to designees but they didn’t allow us to do fax or email ferry permits. We...

Good question Steve. I would think it takes longer for them to go into DMS (the software for designer oversight) click all the boxes, then go in to...

I hear what a lot of you are saying, but a ferry permit is a certification under Part 21, not maintenance. As A&Ps and IAs, we work in the Part 43...

Tough question! Keep in mind that as a DAR, I’m not permitted to do “maintenance” on an airplane I’m also going to do certification work on. Given...

As a DAR, I was told by the Baltimore FSDO to expect that they would no longer do ferry permits and expect an increase in requests. I don’t mind the...

And for true short field work, you are looking at 1.1 VSo, not 1.3. The ASI won’t give you that kind of precision, only feel and visual cues will do...