---------------------------------------------------------- RV8-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 07/22/04: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 08:15 AM - Re: registration (Greg V. Miller) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 08:15:57 AM PST US Subject: Re: RV8-List: registration From: "Greg V. Miller" --> RV8-List message posted by: "Greg V. Miller" The FAA is a monopoly. It's not surprising that we are being very poorly served by them. The pilots with 'issues' with their medicals are worst off. I have found one has to expect incompetence at every step, and do their jobs for them in advance. Once the inspection is done read over the operating limitations very carefully--it took the feds three times to get mine right. Critical areas they are likely to screw up are allowed aerobatics maneuvers, IFR, and flight over densely populated areas/airways. The good news for us is that once you complete your fly-off, and the op limitations are correct, at least with regard to the aircraft, we are free from federal meddling forever! 370 hrs on my RV8--what a machine! On Mon, 2004-07-19 at 06:04, Doug Ripley wrote: > --> RV8-List message posted by: "Doug Ripley" > > You people would not believe the crap I'm going through to register my -8!!!!!!!! > > I'm in a partnership. We mailed our registration application the first time back in April, got it back late May with a letter, we listed the registration type as "partnership", but for our title, called each other "co-owner". The letter said that if it's a partnership, we must call ourselves "partners"....if we're calling ourselves "co-owners", we must list the registration as "co-ownership". Mailed it back out with the corrections in late May. > > We received that back last Saturday (over 45 days) with another letter. "Effective June 1, 2004, the registration applicant must print or type their name under their signature". Our registration was stamped as received by the feds June 2nd, one day after the new rule took effect, there was no warning that this would happen. > > We're done painting, moved the entire project to the airport on Sunday for final assembly. We will be ready for inspection in a week or two, but can't do that until we receive our registration back from the feds!!!!! > > Any of you know somebody with the FAA that can help me get this pushed through faster than 45+ days??? > > Doug Ripley / Terry Harper > RV-8 N821DT (reserved and assigned, but not registered) > Final assembly > > > > -- Greg V. Miller