A LAME is allowed to work on a glider now.

Chris McDonnell


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> David Conway wrote:
>
> > What are the CASA requirements to operate outside the GFA?
> >
> > I understood that they required you to do everything you would otherwise
do
> > under the GFA anyway?
>
>
> I'm also curious about the airworthiness side of things.  GA standards
> and GFA standards for airworthiness are a bit different (in particular,
> the GFA approved "standard repairs" simply don't exist in the GA world,
> and I doubt many LAMEs are familiar with composite structures).
>
> In the GFA system the ADs and ANs from the manufacturers are distributed
> to registered owners by the GFA.  I'm guessing you'd register direct
> with the manufacturer to receive that paperwork if you were operating
> under the CASA system.
>
> Mike B made a comment which I interpreted to mean that his glider was
> recognized as a "homebuilt".  I thought home-builders had to perform
> at least 51% of the construction of the aircraft for that to work
> within the regs.  I'm curious about how that works.  Does putting
> the wings and tailplane on count as 51% of construction? :-)
>
>
>    - mark
>
>
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