{"id":2357,"date":"2016-04-22T20:21:29","date_gmt":"2016-04-23T03:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/brian-pruett\/?p=2357"},"modified":"2016-04-22T20:23:18","modified_gmt":"2016-04-23T03:23:18","slug":"2357","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/brian-pruett\/2016\/04\/22\/2357\/","title":{"rendered":"Ready to Fly…Almost"},"content":{"rendered":"
We left the helicopter in the hangar 5hrs from home to go and work on running papers to all the different\u00a0offices in Manila. We have a tough road ahead of us!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
We had a great week assembling the helicopter and it is now completely ready for it\u2019s test flights. We assembled it and then performed an annual inspection which included running it on the ground and balancing the rotors. It\u2019s running beautifully and is all ready to fly for the final balancing and testing. Our USA based team did an absolutely incredible job of packing it all up and making it easy for us to assemble. It arrived without a single scratch or dent. Amazing! Although it is mechanically ready to fly, we can\u2019t fly it legally in the Philippines until we get several pieces of paper issued to us. Please pray with us over the next weeks specifically for these items:<\/div>\n
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  • Customs Clearance<\/span><\/b>\u00a0paperwork copies. The papers have been on the collector\u2019s desk for several days and he hasn\u2019t signed\u00a0them yet. We don\u2019t know what the delay is.<\/li>\n
  • Registration<\/span><\/b>\u00a0with CAAP. Our papers have to go across roughly 15 different desks to get this approved. Please pray it doesn\u2019t get lost or stalled on someone\u2019s desk.<\/li>\n
  • NTC radio license<\/span><\/b>. We need to have the helicopter registered before we can get a\u00a0radio license. This\u00a0should\u00a0be a simple process, but it will take some time if the right people aren\u2019t at the office when we need them to sign our licenses. We need this in order to get our airworthiness certificate.<\/li>\n
  • Airworthiness Certificate<\/b>:\u00a0<\/span>this requires an inspector to fly commercially to look at the helicopter and then return to Manila and turn our application in where it needs to be approved and signed. There are lots of ways this can go sideways, so please pray that we get a proactive inspector who will take an interest in what we\u2019re doing and help us.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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