Registration Model: Airplane?

[Flying Scotsman]

On a humorous note, the topic came up tonight in conversation...wonder if anyone has ever put down "Airplane" for the Model on the registration form?

After all, you can put anything you want, right? LOL!

[pierre smith]

Thanks Steve, for prompting my memory.

We tore down and rebuilt our own o-360, for our 6A, from a Mooney that was tornadoed.

The DAR asked us for the A&P signed overhaul papers but there weren't any...we're not A&P's so he turned down our airworthiness request.

I was flabbergasted, so I called an old A&P friend and Glasair/RV builder for advice. He said to remove the data plate from the engine, turn it over and re-engrave it and call the engine a "Smith-Morgan O-360," or something like that.
Superior, Aerosport and others do something similar, so I followed his advice, called the DAR back and he only looked at the re-installed data plate and we were off in Phase 1...

Best,

[DonFromTX]

Or you can be comical, mine is registered as model: Air Force 1