Lior Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Dear Sirs, I have friends who need a printed manual for the Maxair Drifter 582 (not Austflight, not Lockwood Super Drifter) in order to be licensed to fly this aircraft. Such is bureaucracy. Does anyone know how to get one or know someone who knows how to get one, and if so can they share this info? This is somewhat a stab in the dark, but any information would be welcome. Thanks, Lior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lior Posted December 5, 2013 Author Share Posted December 5, 2013 Based on inquiries made by my syndicate members, it seems that Maxair never manufactured any 582 powered Drifters and all thus powered aircraft in Israel are retrofits. This means that I have an aircraft that has never had an official POH written for it. This means that unless our CAA changes its mind, my syndicate members cannot take a written test on type familiarity and the plane will fail its next C of A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M61A1 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Is there a way to produce the necessary certification economically? The A582 manual is easy to come by, but may not be of use. If I may ask, what is the airframe serial number? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lior Posted December 5, 2013 Author Share Posted December 5, 2013 Serial number is LA104. We tried submitting the A582 manual as a surrogate, but alas the airframes digress too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M61A1 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 There is an MU-582, that is the one lockwoods make, I think Maxair made the XP, and the MU-532. I think Lockwoods have taken over the production of the Drifter and it's variations, so may be able to use that document. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M61A1 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Had any luck with your flight manual issues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lior Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 Had any luck with your flight manual issues? Hi, thanks for asking. I have corresponded with Lockwood. They said that they had posted a manual to me three weeks ago (they accept PayPal these days). I'm still waiting for it. Will update the good folks here should things change for the better anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M61A1 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Hi, thanks for asking. I have corresponded with Lockwood. They said that they had posted a manual to me three weeks ago (they accept PayPal these days). I'm still waiting for it. Will update the good folks here should things change for the better anytime soon. Hopefully that will all work out for you then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lior Posted May 26, 2014 Author Share Posted May 26, 2014 Hi, folks. It appears that this saga has come to a successful conclusion. At the behest / insistence of my syndicate, the Israel Sport Aviation Association and other pilots, Israel's CAA conceded that the flight manual used by a flying school here for Drifter 582s would be good enough to be the official flight manual, once a test pilot verified the data. So I took a CAA test pilot for a whiz a few weeks ago. He loved the Drifter flying experience and later approved the manual. So this means that our Drifter will pass its CofA inspection and its co-owners can get their licenses on it. Life rocks! Lockwood sent material that turned out to be an assembly manual, somewhat updated from the Maxair days. It had a flight chapter, but this was very short and lacked essential data. Thanks everyone for your attention and kind words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M61A1 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 A good outcome then. Happy flying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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