To make it now a real aircraft we need a certificate of airworthiness that is
issued by the FAA- FSDO or MIDO. To make it less confusing a standard
aircraft gets a standard CofA and a special aircraft gets a special one. If you
don’t
like the engine of your standard Cessna change it and this makes it
"special". Or build your own plane and this is special.
A FAA – inspector or a DAR (designated airworthiness representative, he's
doing the same work but charges some money) has to see the aircraft and the
accompanied documents and hopefully will give out a special CofA.
In this CofA the Aviation Administrator regulates the uses of special
planes. We assume that the only reason and measurement is the safety aspect.
These
aircraft do not have a type certificate or not the correct one what equals, the
safety is not confirmed.
To make everybody aware of the special nature the word EXPERIMENTAL has to be
displayed on the aircraft.
To call an aircraft "EXPERIMENTAL" and to issue a special CofA a reason is
needed. Just to want to fly it isn’t enough and here the FAA will point to all
the standard aircraft that comply with the type certification requirements, at
least at one day in the past.
There are several categories and lots of reasons to request a special CofA
but we concentrate here on exhibition/air-show.
Prof. Ed
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