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I was excited to checkout a new flying club. They have 3 planes but 2 are down for maintenance.
When I asked to see the records for the plane I was to fly, the owner stated that he keeps them offsite and that he could make arrangements for me to review them. Ok, not a problem- not flying today anyway.
Next day I'm suppsed to fly, still no records, but this time my checkout CFI and I use a bit of faith. He checks the weather and files while I preflight. He's flown the plane many times, no sqwaks.
During my preflight, I noticed that it had in addition to the Standard Airworthiness Certificate, it had a Special Airworthiness Certificate (pink).
We eventually scrubbed the flight due to an issue I discovered, but I've been thinking about this Special Cert, so I looked it up on FAA.GOV and none of those seemed to fit the use of the aircraft. Is there a legit reason to have one in this case or am I misunderstanding the purpose of the cert?
When I asked to see the records for the plane I was to fly, the owner stated that he keeps them offsite and that he could make arrangements for me to review them. Ok, not a problem- not flying today anyway.
Next day I'm suppsed to fly, still no records, but this time my checkout CFI and I use a bit of faith. He checks the weather and files while I preflight. He's flown the plane many times, no sqwaks.
During my preflight, I noticed that it had in addition to the Standard Airworthiness Certificate, it had a Special Airworthiness Certificate (pink).
We eventually scrubbed the flight due to an issue I discovered, but I've been thinking about this Special Cert, so I looked it up on FAA.GOV and none of those seemed to fit the use of the aircraft. Is there a legit reason to have one in this case or am I misunderstanding the purpose of the cert?