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Jon
We know that you have your aircraft on a program in Canada where there are
no rules and you can do what you want and I am pleased for you as this
makes you happy. You do not have to be concerned with such fun things as
certification of parts and traceability of parts. You can go to the
hardware store and get what ever you think you need and use it.
The rest of the world still treats certificated aircraft as just that and
the next buyer has the reasonable expectation that he is getting a proper
aircraft with all real parts in it so that he need not worry about it
falling out of the air do to some shade tree hardware store maintenance.
This all starts at manufacture of the aircraft with a quality system and
when an aircraft is finished and certificated it is identified by a "Data
Plate" so that we will all know what it is and that it was properly built.
We then go through a system of prescribed maintenance (AD notes and 100
hr.
or Annual inspections) to maintain that safe to fly condition. We call
that
an Airworthiness System. It is what stops people from gathering up a bunch
of old parts, some from Ercopues and some from whatever and making up a
flying devise that looks kind of like an Ercoupe and selling it to some
guy
that just wants a safe and fun aircraft to fly and relies on the system to
provide that protection. If we just collect old parts and make up a bogus
Data Plate them there is no protection for a new buyer or the people that
this flying device would try to fly over.
If it were not for this we could have some junk yard just making parts
that
look like aircraft parts and selling them with no regard to your safety.
How would you like to buy a propeller that some guy made out of old pop
cans in his basement. Perhaps you would like to buy a wing I fixed with
bondo to cover the exfoliating corrosion it looks real good and should
last a long time.
You the Canadian's have trashed your safety system please do not trash
ours.
Best regards,
Vern
Jon Page
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Harry.
It's quite possible I'm ignorant of some of the facts, but if Univair
has blank plates, what's stopping you from getting one, using a number
stamp, and filling in the correct numbers? It's still the same # and
the same plane. Personally, I would find a nice piece of stainless and
make my own and say nothing to anyone. After all it's only an
information tag that must have the right numbers on it. Stone me if
I'm wrong!
Jon
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