Mel Asberry
Mel Asberry is an experienced Designated Airworthiness Representative specializing in Experimental/Amateur-Built aircraft. He and his wife, Ann, have built seven amateur-built airplanes including two ultralight types, a Moni Motorglider, a Dragonfly Mk2, two RV-6s and a Zenair CH 601HDS. They are currently building a scratch-built biplane.
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Private pilots flying LSAs, aircraft registration, prop strikes, E/AB to ELSA, N-number location.
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Major restoration of a 34-year-old Experimental, fabricating an engine from raw materials.
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Phase I testing not completed, understanding operating limitations, non-TSOd position lights.
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Night VFR in an ELSA, flying from the right seat, ELSA certification for an original design.
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Should A&Ps also get a repairman certificate, using multiple pilots for Phase 1 testing, putting E/AB wings on a certificated fuselage.
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Moving a certified aircraft to another category, operating an Experimental internationally.
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This month we address the question of where flight-test areas may be and how they may be structured;
Wicks Aircraft Supply & Motorsports
For over 100 years, this family-owned business has sold everything from pipe organs and PT-19 wings to high-performance parts for homebuilts.
