First of all, let me introduce myself. I'm a relatively new pilot in the Phoenix area. I've always been interested in aviation (I have pics from the 80s of me reading Sport Aviation mag lol). My wife and I are getting ready to embark on an RV7A project and are really excited about it.
I acquired a empennage kit second hand, as well as a set of partially built wings, for a reasonable price. In reading through the material on the Van's website, they ask for Bill of Sale to document a kit changing hands in order to update their records.
I have a paperwork that documents how these partial kits changed hands and information on the previous owners. However I have run into a snag. I contacted the previous owner of record on the inventory list for my empennage kit. He agreed to fill out a Bill of Sale and email it back to me. I sent the Vans Bill of Sale to him, and he went dark. After a few days, I sent a follow up email asking if he received the blank Bill of Sale. No response.
The previous owner is actually well known in the RV community so I don't know why they would just go dark on something like this. Obviously call out threads are prohibited so I'm not going to name them. I'm guessing the Bill of Sale isn't really required for me to complete and register my kit with the FAA and so perhaps they just feel like it's superfluous to deal with me on such a minor issue.
I'm requesting advise. I spent yesterday evening perusing the FAA guidance on registering a kit built airplane. They do state that if you can't come up with a Bill of Sale, you should at least present evidence showing the chain of possession, which I do have.
Also, this is slightly less than half of an entire RV7A kit we are talking about....the empennage kit and partially built wings. I am still going to need to order some wing parts to finish them, as well as an entire fuselage kit and finishing kit from Van's to complete the project. At that point I guess I get my own Kit # from Van's anyway, and my original receipt from the empennage kit and old BoS from the partially completed wings just get added to my purchase documentation for registration purposes?
Thanks for any advice! As excited as we are, I don't want to start building until and unless I know I can register the completed kit!
I acquired a empennage kit second hand, as well as a set of partially built wings, for a reasonable price. In reading through the material on the Van's website, they ask for Bill of Sale to document a kit changing hands in order to update their records.
I have a paperwork that documents how these partial kits changed hands and information on the previous owners. However I have run into a snag. I contacted the previous owner of record on the inventory list for my empennage kit. He agreed to fill out a Bill of Sale and email it back to me. I sent the Vans Bill of Sale to him, and he went dark. After a few days, I sent a follow up email asking if he received the blank Bill of Sale. No response.
The previous owner is actually well known in the RV community so I don't know why they would just go dark on something like this. Obviously call out threads are prohibited so I'm not going to name them. I'm guessing the Bill of Sale isn't really required for me to complete and register my kit with the FAA and so perhaps they just feel like it's superfluous to deal with me on such a minor issue.
I'm requesting advise. I spent yesterday evening perusing the FAA guidance on registering a kit built airplane. They do state that if you can't come up with a Bill of Sale, you should at least present evidence showing the chain of possession, which I do have.
Also, this is slightly less than half of an entire RV7A kit we are talking about....the empennage kit and partially built wings. I am still going to need to order some wing parts to finish them, as well as an entire fuselage kit and finishing kit from Van's to complete the project. At that point I guess I get my own Kit # from Van's anyway, and my original receipt from the empennage kit and old BoS from the partially completed wings just get added to my purchase documentation for registration purposes?
Thanks for any advice! As excited as we are, I don't want to start building until and unless I know I can register the completed kit!