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Brent,
A check ride for purposes of receiving a new or additional reating or
certificate is not instruction. A Biennial Flight Review IAW FAR 61.56 is
considered to be flight instruction. Flight training is defined in FAR
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"dave morss (by way of Marvin Kaye )" wrote:
You hit the nail on the head. The reason I won't instruct in an
aircraft after I do a test flight and before the test period is over is
if anything happens its me that gets the
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Thanks to everyone who responded to my question.
First of all, I didn't mean to imply that I was considering doing the
first flight myself. I will definitely use a test pilot. Also, I can
accept the 40 hours. That's only
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Mile:
Regardless of what the FAA says, you are obligated to do what you feel is
safest. I would definitely recommend that the builder NOT perform the first
flight. All the effort that went into the building of the plane will
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Mike,
I not only reccomend flight instruction for your first
flight, but also a professional test pilot for the first
flight. The FARS state that the first 40 hours must
be accomplished with only required flight crew.
An
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here it is in writing from AC no 20-27D
c. The carrying of passengers will not be permitted while the
aircraft is
restricted to the flight test area. It is suggested that a tape
recorder, for
example, be used by
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Mike,
While I'm not 100% sure of the FAR's either, I can tell you that people I
know have flown with factory pilots to get instruction in their planes
before they've flown off the test hours. In fact, I witnessed one guy
