maehhh,
How about the cost of at least two visits by an approved person flown up from Australia, firstly to inspect the aircraft, and the second time, to issue the certificate.
About AUD $7-8000 for Premium Economy, if the said person will travel in that class, much more if they insist on business.
Plus time and expenses, it all adds up very quickly. It is rare for only one visit to be required to issue the certificate.
Hi LeadSled,
certainly points to consider! I rather thought about shipping it to Oz get it inspected/certified/whatevernecessary over there and then bring it back to Europe. However I guess the shipping costs will be in a similar price range.
If it comes in the Limited Cat. in Australia, you will be dealing with Australian Warbirds Association Ltd, and you will need to comply with all their bumpf, including negotiating an approved system of maintenance, it is aeroplane specific for all Limited (or Experimental/ Exhibition and negotiate with CASA) aircraft.
Ok that's some important advice. Will further research.
It might work out easier and cheaper to initially put it on the N- register, but that is no longer straight forward for a non-US national.
Agreed, this is plan C. It is as well somewhat complicated , however there is a lot more information about the N-reg scenario out there which makes it a little easier. It will however require the aircraft to be shipped to the US initially to get the certificate. So we are talking about 10.000$ minimum as well.
Cheers
maehhh