Problem is while you and I think like that our governments don't. They get really finickety about trying to bring "projects" across the border and make them fly again. Especially when the paperwork is not stellar. I was warned by more than one mechanic to be very careful what I try to import. Especially if there are numerous 337's and STC's on the plane. And that's on a flying airplane with complete documentation.

I was in the end stages of buying a Zenith CH801 from my buddies fathers estate here in Canada but had to give it up as there was just too much uncertainty as to what I would need to do to satisfy Transport Canada to make it fly again. My friends father was an auto mechanic and was contracted to change the motor in the plane from a Lycoming to a Subaru. The engine swap was done and inspected and passed by Transport but........a dispute ensued over the bill and my friends father ended up putting a mechanics lien on the plane. 6 years later, the plane is in storage, my friends father has passed away and they finally are awarded legal possession of the aircraft from the Court but.........the logs are missing, presumably the old owner has them and you know he aint givin em up. So the big dilemma for Transport is: there is no one that can legally sign off the maintenance release for the engine swap, short of hiring someone to go completely over it who is willing to put their signature in the log, even though it has been inspected and approved by Transport. The missing logs are another story. There is a process in place for lost or stolen logs, but we are pretty sure these ones still exist. We just don't have access to them. So if another set of logs is started then there are effectively 2 sets, and that's a no no.

I spent 2 months dealing with a Transport inspector here in the maritimes office and he told me that although it was not impossible, it was an definite uphill battle. So after all that on a Canadian registered plane I can't even begin to fathom what it would be like to try to import your project and bring it to life.

Bruce Bennett

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