Hi folks,
Many thanks to all of you who have taken the time to reply, I am truely grateful!
To contextualize where things are:
The plane was put onto the American register by the previous owner, but as he never got round to getting the aircraft airworthy, he sold it to me. I don't think that it has flown since being put onto the American register, so he hadn't got round to respraying the registration. Guess I can put that right without too many problems. I do have copies of the cancellation of the G register and copies of the N registration documents.
I've done some research, and the reason the props need to be rebuilt is due to AD 01-12-2001 where there was inappropriate maintenance by CSE Aviation. I've checked, and the serial numbers are on the list that need to be redone. Pity the company involved is not offering to do it for free!
Hartzell Propeller Inc. Propellers and McCauley
The props were overhauled by them in January 2002, and a Google search doesn't say anything about the 5 yr TBO, but the guy I bought it from told me that it was required. Interestingly enough, the prop logs indicate that the TBO is 2000 hrs, not 250 hours? Either way, I'm still going to have to get it done for the CofA. It would be nice to know that I am not going to have to shell out £5000 every 250 hours for prop overhauls though!
Wow, it sounds like a complete mission to get the temp permit to fly, given the above, it may be cheaper to convince the maintenance company to send out a mechanic with all his tools and aircraft lifts etc!!!
So many minefields!
Matt