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  1. akflyer added a post in a topic Merlin GT   

    Me thinks you guys are missing the point.. I am pretty certain that he is not interested in just getting the old airworthiness back.. Ifn I know the man, he is gonna go for a new plane and get the repairmans cert for it.
     
    I'm sure he can start a new thread when it comes time to make this a flying aircraft again... or he may choose to keep that on the down low for now so prying eyes of big brother cant find a way to try and hang him
     

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  2. BryceKat added a post in a topic Fun Videos   

    I love art😂â—ï¸
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  3. EDMO added a post in a topic Merlin GT   

    If you have to get an airworthiness inspection on the new plane, then prior to that, go to the EAA or FAA website and copy the approved and improved Operating Limitations as per AC20-27G (I think?) which let you do major modifications with only a logbook entry and no inspections required for changes after the new OpLims are approved by the inspector.
    EDMO
    Someone reminded me that "Bushbaby" is already a name of a plane.
    I don't see how the inspector can not approve your new OpLims per AC2027G since they have already been approved by the FAA.
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  4. marksires added a post in a topic Merlin GT   

    Airworthiness and registration are two different things.  The N number was deregistered and used on another airplane, no big deal.  If the original airworthiness certificate and operating limits are still around, you can reregister the plane with a new N number, no inspection required.  If you change the engine, you will need to check the op limits, it might require you to notify the FSDO and go back to Phase I for a period of time.  Usually it is 5 hours in the recent op limits, but older op limits weren't very standardized.
     
    Mark
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  5. akflyer added a post in a topic Almost There...   

    When I was in Louisiana I drove over and visited with John Bowman and his wife and lit a fire under his ass... I am hoping he will get back on the project and get it in the air soon!
     
    Doug, you have been getting other planes flying so I give ya a pass on this one, I have been doing the same thing
     

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  6. EDMO added a post in a topic Merlin GT   

    Salute to the "Good Guys" - now, if we could just get this thread put into "Other aircraft you are working on" then maybe we could follow the progress and watch it fly someday.
    "Cheechako" (sp?) might be a good, unused name for it?
    EdMO
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  7. dholly added a post in a topic Almost There...   

    Leni - hard to believe my A+ has been pushed aside three times now. It may well be the nicest of the bunch if I ever have time and $ to get back to it. Until then, methinks Club Fat is being represented just fine!
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  8. dholly added a post in a topic Merlin GT   

     
    ^ Proof that it may be a small world but still some good guys left.
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  9. EDMO added a post in a topic "A" model Avid   

    A90,
         Did you get the message I sent about the discountaircraftparts place having the Franklin sump for sale?
    EDMO
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  10. EDMO added a post in a topic THANKS - To ALL who have added me as a Friend   

    No current wife is as pissed-off as the Ex!  Believe me, I know from experience!!! 
    I was always told, "Better to be pissed-off than pissed-on!"
    EdM O
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  11. EDMO added a post in a topic Merlin GT   

    I believe that there is a way you can change the N - number for an aircraft?   OR, apply for a new N-number.
    More so, probably, if the N-number has been assigned to another aircraft.  Contact FAA and only ask that question.
    EDMo
    But, look again at the photos - is there a different number on the tail than the one Chuck listed?
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  12. lv2plyguitar added a post in a topic Merlin GT   

    Chuck,  Do you know where the seat and belts are for this aircraft?
     
    Thanks
     
    Jeff
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  13. lv2plyguitar added a post in a topic Merlin GT   

    Thanks Chuck.  I will be in touch.
     
    Jeff
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  14. chosack added a post in a topic Merlin GT   

    I am the builder and original owner of this plane and the one who made the last inglorious flight at Lake Hood. When I sold the parts I de-registered the plane with the FAA and the N number, N116CH, is now on my Searey at Merrill. That will make some difference as you go through the maze with the FAA. It looks like the guy I sold the parts to never did any paperwork with the FAA so I am still the last owner on the FAA records. If you need anything from me to help out on the paperwork just let me know. Randy knows how to get in touch with me or me contact info is on the Anchorage EAA Chapter 42 website.
     
    Chuck Hosack
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  15. akflyerbob added a post in a topic Merlin GT   

    If you have a bill of sale from the registered owner
    you can do "MAJOR" maintenance and not tell Big Brother a Damn thing
    Register with the same N#
     
    OF the people, by the people and for the people
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  16. akflyer added a post in a topic THANKS - To ALL who have added me as a Friend   

     
    What can ya say, when your good your good and I guess I am just that damn good   Naw its all good on the home front   But I had to say something funny.
     

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  17. jackak added a post in a topic Almost There...   

    Thanks for all the positive feedback.  It really has been a long time coming.  Sort of like eating an elephant, but getting closer now.  Anyway, seems as though all the major issues are taken care of and the last 15% that Doug mentioned, to go.  
     
    Jack 
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  18. SuberAvid added a post in a topic Merlin GT   

    Just don't call it a "Brush hog"; that's what I pull behind the tractor and you don't want your airplane getting any ideas.
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  19. horsepower added a post in a topic THANKS - To ALL who have added me as a Friend   

    I dont get on here much Ed in the Summer because of my work schedule,but when I do I get a kick out of reading your stuff.Everyone on here contributes in their own way from their own experiences.Thats why this is the only forum I do anymore.I dont know how to do the friend thing on here but I enjoy your post.Randy
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  20. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic THANKS - To ALL who have added me as a Friend   

    You gotta be Shittin' me, Leni! You pissed off your new wife already?
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  21. EDMO added a post in a topic Merlin GT   

    I think Leni has this "homebuilding" game all figured out.   My money will be riding on the 25 hour Phase I, since you are using a "factory-made" certified aircraft engine that has been used since they quit riding dinosaurs! 
    How about "Contisaurus Flyer" for a name!   I like "Bush Hog", or "Bushbaby"???
    EdMO
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  22. akflyer added a post in a topic THANKS - To ALL who have added me as a Friend   

    maybe if you switched hands every once in awhile you wouldnt throw your shoulder out..
     
    Give me all the negative points you can, I will just stack them with the ones from the wife hahahaha then I will medicate much in the same way you do.
     

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  23. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic THANKS - To ALL who have added me as a Friend   

    I keep forgetting about that function, too. Maybe We should give Leni a couple negative karma points for not pointing that out to us...

    I've learned to deal with my bad shoulder by embibing massive amounts of Windsor whiskey. God love those canukians!
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  24. akflyer added a post in a topic Merlin GT   

    or you can change a few things and call it the "AK kifox killer special" built from scrap parts and assembled in your garage... I think that is your plans.  Then you would register it as what ever you want to call it, chances are, the DAR is not going to know what it really was at one point and your good to go.  I would scrounge the web for builders pictures, print them out as needed and make my own "book" on the build and call it good... you could always see if a local steel supply would give you a ticket for a couple hundred feet of tubing that you forgot to ever pick up and didnt use that no one knew you didnt   I am sure you will find a way to blur the lines and get what you want accomplished.. but I wouldnt bank on him giving you a 25 hr fly off period this time
     

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  25. akflyer added a post in a topic THANKS - To ALL who have added me as a Friend   

    I guess I never do it cause I dont bother to use that function.. the software allows a lot of stuff to be done that I dont do, just keeping the lights on here keeps me busy enough most days
     
    Every day you wake up and can still log on must mean I consider ya a friend not a fiend hahahahahaha
     

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