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Substantial Changes Requiring New AW Date
I'm considering buying an older sailplane that needs new wings built as the old ones have dry rot.
What I'm wondering is if I'll need to get a new AW date when the wings are replaced. Wings are no longer available and extremely scarce (only 3 left in the world), so I would need to build a new pair using the original factory drawings without any modificationsThe wings would be identical to a new pair from the factory (the factory, Sheibe in Germany, is still in business but haven't made this plane since the early 60s).
The sailplane is currently registered as Experimental - Racing/Exhibition with an AW date of 1980 (the old rules that don't require annual requirements to notify the FAA of all flights, dates and locations in advance) so I really don't want to get a new date with stringent requirements.
Would new wings necessitate a new AW date? r is there a way to keep the old AW date?
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