[Pirkka]

"The FAA last week ended its suspension of amateur-built aircraft kit evaluations, which had been in effect since February 2008. The FAA had put the kit evaluations on hold while it worked on a revision of its interpretation of the "51-percent" regulations that govern amateur-built aircraft."

The whole article can be found from AVWeb at http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/1464-full.html#201200

 

[todehnal]

Building E-AB

Sure hope they get to evaluating the RV-12 before I am ready to go for my certification. I think that it would make things a lot easier.

Tom

 

[jnorris]

Sure hope they get to evaluating the RV-12 before I am ready to go for my certification. I think that it would make things a lot easier.

Van has to request evaluation. Do we know if he's done that? The FAA won't evaluate unless the kit vendor makes a formal request.

Cheers!

Joe