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Subject: | Re: Homebuilt-List Digest: 1 Msgs - 04/15/16 |
I would think that this matter was up to the DAR to resolve. If its got an
Air Worthiness Certificate I would think it was legal.
Cal Anderson
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> 1. 02:00 PM - UK back-up basic VFR instruments for EFIS
> (jonathanmilbank)
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> Time: 02:00:39 PM PST US
> Subject: Homebuilt-List: UK back-up basic VFR instruments for EFIS
> From: "jonathanmilbank" <jdmilbank@yahoo.co.uk>
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> A friend has asked me to perform the flight tests for the initial permit
> issue
> for a nice little 2-seat VLA and he seems only to have an EFIS with little
> else
> by way of "steam-driven" instruments for VFR back-up. The only photo I've
> seen
> doesn't show the panel clearly.
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> As a retired commercial pilot, it seems to me that permit light aircraft
> should
> be subject to the same requirements as certified VFR aircraft i.e. a bare
> minimum
> of ASI, altimeter and magnetic compass. I've seen CS-VLA 1303 Flight and
> navigation instruments "The following are required flight and navigational
> instruments:
> (a) An airspeed indicator; (b) An altimeter; (c) A magnetic direction
> indicator" but I can't see any reference to whether this applies to permit
> aircraft,
> or whether an EFIS alone is enough.
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> What should I do? Decline to carry out the flight tests until suitable
> back-ups
> are installed, or just do the flights and hope that the friend (trainee
> pilot)
> has researched this topic for himself and satisfies whatever requirements
> he's
> discovered? His aircraft is several hundreds of miles away from where I
> live.
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> Read this topic online here:
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> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=455067#455067
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