Update on John Y in the USA

[AndyG]

Got an email from John Young today. They have been issued with their green cards, social security, bank accounts, credit cards etc etc. Busy looking at a house for purchase.

Also found hangerage for his trike at Hilliard airfield. His trike that I am shipping for him should arrive on the 15th July and then he can get back into his flying.

Nice to hear that all is going well.

Miss my braai buddy.

[vernon11]

Andy,
When you write to him, please give him my best, and to fly safe in the new skies.
Vernon.

[Go Vert]

He should start a internet service in the states it seems they dont have any

[John Young]

Hey Andy - miss my braai buddy as well.

Yip - things very lekker here. Major differences, some being -

- no fences, large dogs, alarms, lights at night etc. Cars are parked in the street.
- no car guards, vendors at every robot nor shopping centres charging for parking.
- $30 buys you a combined printer, copier, scanner, fax with 3-year warranty, buy you need $20 for a haircut.

Our late mate "RV Fokkership" said that if he lived in the States, he would be bankrot - there are very lekker toys here.

Regards to all
John

[Bundy]

Nice to hear you've settled in there John.

I'm glad you have taken your trike over as well! Keep us informed... I'd love to know what type of trikes are the most common there? Are the Regs more or less the same? What do you have to do to get your license certified for the USA?

Can we do some "online" shopping through you? ha ha

Wish you all the best over there and good luck

[John Young]

What do you have to do to get your license certified for the USA?

Can we do some "online" shopping through you? ha ha

Thanks Bundy,

Just need a skills check to get license.

Yip, I am available for online shopping.

Regards
John

[AndyG]

You wanna buy a GT450 John? Got one landing there on 15th July. Will give it to you at a good price. It used to belong to a mate of mine but he has dissapeared from our airfield and I can't locate him.

[John Young]

You wanna buy a GT450 John? Got one landing there on 15th July. Will give it to you at a good price. It used to belong to a mate of mine but he has dissapeared from our airfield and I can't locate him.

Anybody know some heavy dudes who "breaka da knees and cut-off da b@lls"?

Can't wait Bud - got the airfield, got the hangar, got the fuel - just waiting for my trike (when you release it after you lost "da knees and all").

Regards
John

[John Young]

Hi Guys,

Starting to get organised here.

Friday - drive 130 miles to Savannah to get solo check out. Then apply for security clearance to continue solo training.

Then get another dude to do the Flight Test.

Awaiting a "pink piece of paper" from the FAA to start trike registration.

Regards
John

[The Big V]

John,what is the process in terms of getting your trike 'air legal' for the States?

[John Young]

John,what is the process in terms of getting your trike 'air legal' for the States?

Complicated -

Hi John,
Make the border of the list 2, 1, 3 and 4.

2) First thing to do is to get your trike registered before you can get it inspected for an airworthiness certificate.
I think in your particular case, I would recommend calling Aerospace Reports at 405-722-1030. Ask for Jeff at the FAA office and tell him I referred you. Explain to him your situation and ask him to mail you the registration application called Form 8050-1. It has to be an original one with a carbon pink copy in it. This is the only form you cannot fill out, print and fax or e-mail. Tell him you will be registring your trike as an E-LSA. He will need to probably ask his predecessor Chris about your situation because he has only been doing this job for one year and probably has not encoundered your situation before but Chris will know what to do. These guys are Expeditors. They are not FAA but they have one or two people literally sitting inside the FAA building. They will charge about $120 but they will hand walk the application from one station to the other and follow up to make sure it does not get lost and if there is a problem, you get notified of it immediately and the correction made immediately w/o mail back and forth with FAA.
Once they send you the regsitration back which they can do within about 2 weeks or less. We can apply for airworthiness using Form 8130-6D
Along with this application for airworthiness, you will need to have what's called a Program Letter .
Will also need a Weight & Loading Document with this application.
You will send these 3 items with 3 pictures (side, front, back) via e-mail (scanned pdf works) to North Florida FSDO inspector Michael Singleton at his e-mail michael.singleton@faa.gov
You should call him when you send you these documents at the FSDO (813)-287-7389
You should get yourself an Aircraft Logbook if you don't already have it because at the time of inspection the FAA inspector will write something in there.

He will set up an appointment with you and guide you through the process. At the appointment he will come with your Operating Limitations and Airworthiness certificate and go over them with you and he will look at your trike in quite a bit of detail and he will make you run the engine, check all instruments work, all hardware is in order, brakes work, and trike is in good shape. He will take about 45 minutes to inspect the trike and another 15 to make you run the engine and taxi the trike etc.

That's it John. A thru Z. This is pretty much any trike is done.

Here are some links to example E-LSA paperwork so you can do it like these with your own info:
Example 8130-6d (Application for Airworthiness filled out for a E-LSA or Experimental-Light Sport Aircraft)
Example E-LSA Program Letter Filled Out
Example Weight & Loading Document filled out for an E-LSA

Enjoy.

[nicow]

Attachment 1 shows only 3600 feet long-looks about 3600 feet wide....

[John Young]

Attachment 1 shows only 3600 feet long-looks about 3600 feet wide....

It is 120+ foot wide - hard to miss 40+ yards and it has MIRL (Medium Intensity Runway Lights) and is uncontrolled.

Regards
John

[vernon11]

Hi John.
Get past all the paperwork and red tape, then it looks like you will be in pardise.

Fly Safe.
Vernon.

[John Young]

Thanks Vernon - sure is very lekker here.

Regards
John