For what purpose would such a 'demonstration' be given? If you're flying a student on an instructional flight and 'demonstrate' an aerobatic manouevre then you are definitely imparting an element of aerobatic instruction. If you have a 'No aerobatic instruction' restriction on your FI rating, you are clearly operating outisde the privileges of your rating. Take this to the extreme by advertising 'aerobatic trial flights' with a 'no aerobatics' FI 'demonstrating' aerobatics to the trial flight 'students' and you're talking about glorified (and illegal) pleasure flights.... And what 'competence' would such an FI ever have demonstrated of his/her ability to perform aerobatics safely - and to whom?
If you want to show off your aerobatics to a student, then without the appropriate FI rating you will have to cost share on an agreed private flight - which, of course, the student will not be able to log.
If you want to have the restriction removed from your FI rating, you'll need to complete at least 5 hours of aerobatics flight training and 8 hours of theoretical training in accordance with a recognised syllabus at an approved FIC FTO under an FIC Instructor qualified to conduct aerobatics training and then obtain a recommendation from the FIC Instructor for the removal of the restriction.
Last edited by BEagle; 19th Jan 2004 at 06:11.