Section 21.195

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Section 21.191(i)(2), an applicant must provide
the following:
(1) Evidence that an aircraft of the
same make and model was manufactured and assembled by the aircraft kit
manufacturer and issued a special airworthiness certificate in the lightsport category.
(2) The aircraft-s operating instructions.
(3) The aircraft-s maintenance and
inspection procedures.
(4) The manufacturer-s statement of
compliance for the aircraft kit used in
the aircraft assembly that meets
Section 21.190(c), except that instead of meeting Section 21.190(c)(7), the statement must
identify assembly instructions for the
aircraft that meet an applicable consensus standard.
(5) The aircraft-s flight training supplement.
(6) In addition to paragraphs (e)(1)
through (e)(5) of this section, for an
aircraft kit manufactured outside of
the United States, evidence that the
aircraft kit was manufactured in a
country with which the United States
has a Bilateral Airworthiness Agreement concerning airplanes or a Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement with
associated Implementation Procedures
for Airworthiness concerning airplanes,
or an equivalent airworthiness agreement.

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[Doc. No. 5085, 29 FR 14569, Oct. 24, 1964, as
amended by Amdt. 21-85, 69 FR 44862, July 27,
2004]

Section 21.195 Experimental certificates: Aircraft to be used for market surveys,
sales demonstrations, and customer
crew training.
(a) A manufacturer of aircraft manufactured within the United States may
apply for an experimental certificate
for an aircraft that is to be used for
market surveys, sales demonstrations,
or customer crew training.
(b) A manufacturer of aircraft engines who has altered a type certificated aircraft by installing different
engines, manufactured by him within
the United States, may apply for an experimental certificate for that aircraft
to be used for market surveys, sales
demonstrations, or customer crew
training, if the basic aircraft, before alteration, was type certificated in the

normal, acrobatic, commuter, or transport category.
(c) A person who has altered the design of a type certificated aircraft may
apply for an experimental certificate
for the altered aircraft to be used for
market surveys, sales demonstrations,
or customer crew training if the basic
aircraft, before alteration, was type
certificated in the normal, utility, acrobatic, or transport category.
(d) An applicant for an experimental
certificate under this section is entitled to that certificate if, in addition
to meeting the requirements of
Section 21.193 - 
(1) He has established an inspection
and maintenance program for the continued airworthiness of the aircraft;
and
(2) The applicant shows that the aircraft has been flown for at least 50
hours, or for at least 5 hours if it is a
type certificated aircraft which has
been modified. The FAA may reduce
these operational requirements if the
applicant provides adequate justification.
[Amdt. 21-21, 33 FR 6858, May 7, 1968, as
amended by Amdt. 21-28, 35 FR 2818, Feb. 11,
1970; Amdt. 21-57, 49 FR 39651, Oct. 9, 1984;
Amdt. 21-59, 52 FR 1836, Jan. 15, 1987; Amdt.
21-92, 74 FR 53389, Oct. 16, 2009]

Section 21.197 Special flight permits.
(a) A special flight permit may be
issued for an aircraft that may not currently meet applicable airworthiness
requirements but is capable of safe
flight, for the following purposes:
(1) Flying the aircraft to a base
where repairs, alterations, or maintenance are to be performed, or to a
point of storage.
(2) Delivering or exporting the aircraft.
(3) Production flight testing new production aircraft.
(4) Evacuating aircraft from areas of
impending danger.
(5) Conducting customer demonstration flights in new production aircraft
that have satisfactorily completed production flight tests.
(b) A special flight permit may also
be issued to authorize the operation of
an aircraft at a weight in excess of its
maximum certificated takeoff weight
for flight beyond the normal range over

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