Mon, Apr 05, 2004
EAA's Second AB-DAR Offering
EAA’s Earl Lawrence and Joe Norris were at the
Transportation Safety Institute (TSI) in Oklahoma City (OK), this
week to help instruct the second of three scheduled amateur-built
designated airworthiness representative (AB-DAR) courses. The
course, required by FAA for individuals who wish to volunteer their
services to perform airworthiness inspections on newly finished
homebuilt aircraft, runs March 30 through April 1. This is
chronologically the second course to be conducted, but it’s
actually the third to be scheduled after high demand created a
waiting list for the June 8-10 course. The first course was held
January 27-29.
Lawrence, EAA vice president of industry and regulatory affairs,
and Norris, senior aviation information specialist and a certified
AB-DAR himself, provide an overall review of amateur-built aircraft
construction methods, aircraft designs and procedures AB-DARs may
face when inspecting aircraft. Many candidates appointed as AB-DARs
were selected as candidates by local FSDOs (Flight Standards
District Office) or MIDOs (Manufacturing Inspection District
Office).
There are currently 13 volunteer AB-DARs who have been
designated as a result of the new program.
EAA and FAA created this program to help alleviate the backlog
of inspection requests from homebuilders. Along with significant
input into the curriculum, EAA also donated three homebuilt
aircraft to the FAA so prospective AB-DARs can obtain hands-on
training during the course. The aircraft include a 1998 Lancair
Tigress; a 1979 Smyth/Pieper Sidewinder, and a 1965 Welsh Rabbit
(Model A). EAA also provided FAA the use of its 1998 Buckeye Dream
Machine powered parachute. These four aircraft cover the vast
majority of construction methods employed by homebuilders
today.
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