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Builder Liability and You

Avoiding a close encounter in court.

By Dave Higdon

You labored long and hard building your perfect plane. You flew it, enjoyed it, and along the way demonstrated the safety of your beloved aircraft. Now, though, it’s time to let go of the beloved, for whatever reason. Someone new will own and fly it—maybe other owners and pilots will follow. None who follow will ever feel the way you do about this aircraft, and none will ever match the investment in blood, sweat and tears you put into the plane. But you’ve heard hangar-flying talk about the risk of being sued out of house, home and other worldly possessions should some subsequent pilot crash in the plane you built. …


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