Purpose of This Notice. This notice provides clarification on flight training for compensation in certain aircraft that hold Special Airworthiness Certificates in the experimental category. It provides guidance on how flight training for compensation can be accomplished in these aircraft in compliance with regulations and describes an interim process for Flight Standards District Office (FSDO) managers to issue a Letter of Deviation Authority (LODA) to owners of experimental aircraft and flight instructors providing flight training for compensation in experimental aircraft, in accordance with Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 91, § 91.319(h), when no compensation is provided for use of the aircraft.

Note: The parameters under which the interim process to obtain a LODA may be exercised by an applicant are found in the Notification of Policy for Flight Training in Certain Aircraft (“the Policy”), published in the Federal Register (FR) on July 12, 2021. This interim process cannot be utilized outside the parameters of the Policy.

The purpose of this memorandum is to clarify policies and procedures concerning the
acceptability and use of certain statements from aircraft manufacturers for establishing
conformity of used, imported aircraft.
Newly manufactured aircraft originally delivered to a country other than the United States
are not always accompanied by a statement of conformity to the U.S. type design. When
such aircraft are subsequently imported into the United States, the absence of such
statements poses significant barriers for issuance of an export certificate of airworthiness by
the exporting authority and for issuance of a U.S. standard airworthiness certificate.
An aircraft manufacturer typically retains data enabling it to develop a conformity statement
for any aircraft it manufactured, including any particular design changes that did not
conform to U.S. type design when the aircraft was manufactured. Although not explicitly
addressed in related policy in FAA Order 8130.2, Airworthiness Certification of Aircraft,
such manufacturer statements are acceptable for establishing the conformity status of the
aircraft when manufactured. Beginning with that baseline conformity status, an applicant
could show that subsequent maintenance, repair, alteration, compliance with Airworthiness
Directives, etc., preserved, established, or restored conformity to the U.S. type design. Such
a showing by an applicant is necessary to enable an exporting authority to issue an export
certificate of airworthiness and/or the FAA to issue a standard airworthiness certificate.
This memorandum affirms that the use of manufacturer statements of conformity as
described above are acceptable even in the absence of an endorsement of that statement by
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the civil aviation authority of the State of Design, State of Manufacture, or their technical
agent. This memorandum is not intended to supersede any agreement for an exporting
authority to provide an export certificate of airworthiness, or equivalent statement, per the
procedures in those agreements.
For used, imported aircraft, this memorandum takes precedence over any statement in a U.S.
Type Certificate Data Sheet that requires a statement of conformity from the State of
Design/Manufacture.

This notice informs Training Center Program Managers (TCPM)
and Fleet Training Program Managers (FTPM) of revised policy regarding Title 14 of the Code
of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 142 flight instructor and Training Center Evaluator (TCE)
training, proficiency checks, and observations. In addition, the revised policy may require a
review of flight instructor and TCE curricula

This advisory circular (AC) provides the procedures for converting a European Union Part-Flight
Crew Licensing (EU Part-FCL) pilot license to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) pilot
certificate. This AC also contains information on whom to contact and where to find the process
for converting an FAA pilot certificate to an EU Part-FCL pilot license.