Torbjorn Eide
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The CAA accepted my last version of the Flight Manual. Two days ago I received the Certificate of Airworthiness! I am sorry I have not updated you since my little mishap on the runway with my Falco LN-TEI. I sweared to have it back in the air quickly and I did, but not as quickly as I had hoped. I disassembled the Falco and hauled it home and set it up in front of my house. The damage was an abrased bellyskin and damaged flaps. I fixed the bellyskin from your advice by laying six layers of carbon fiber over the damaged area. That worked fine. The skins on the flaps were removed in the damaged areas and replaced. The structure inside was rebuilt. The flap hinges were replaced. So all in all it was not so much work. I hauled the sections back to my hangar and reassembled it. The engine was sent to Franklin engines in Poland for rebuilding. That was a mistake. They promised a fair price and a repair time of six weeks. After a few weeks they said that the wrong cylinders were installed and they refused to repair it unless they could replace the cylinders with new ones. And the cost went up. In hindsight I could do it quicker and cheaper here in my local engine workshop. And I got the engine back after eight months! I reinstalled the engine, bought a propeller from Santa Monica. And was ready with the installation in the fall of 2019. So I applied for a new airworthy certificate. That took a while, and then the A&P mechanic that signed out all the work lost his license. So I had to find another A&P mechanic or workshop that could check and sign out my work. I found one on the other side of the Oslofjord and they sent someone to have a look at my Falco. He said it looked good and wanted to help me. He would send a mechanic over and thoroughly check everything. So I hoped for a first flight the summer of 2021 They didn't come and I called and called, but they did not come that summer at all. The A&P mechanic came in May 2022. In June 2022 I could once more fly my Falco. So I flew for that season and that was wonderful. I flew over south Norway and and a little in Sweden and it was all I dreamed of. The spring of 2023 I wanted to make an appointment about the renewal of my Airworthiness license. He promised to come but he never came. I called and called but he never came. Another season ruined. But he came in the spring of 2024. So it is airworthy right now, but I have had enough. I will not renew the airworthiness this year. So I have decided to sell my beautiful Falco. I am retired and must be more careful with my money. So I hope that you could put that in your Seqair pages. I guess it is there people are looking for Falcos. My asking price is $70,000.00. If someone in US wants to buy it I can help disassembling it and stuff it in a container for transport. And I can even help reassembling it in US. It has a Garmin W430 GPS/radio an that is just serviced by Garmin and as good as new. I have a Bendix/King KT76C transponder, but I just bought a Bendix/King KT73 mode S transponder. It is not installed but will follow. I will send pictures. Torbjorn Eide Torbjorn Eide lives in Melsomvik, a village in the municipality of Sandefjord, Norway, which lies by the Tonsberg Fjord. He is Vice President Maritime Personnel at Klaveness Ship Management, Oslo, Norway. He now owns the Falco built by Kim Mitchell
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