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elpdiver
  8/3/2019 20:49 EST

Does anyone here have knowledge if homebuilt aircraft is a possibility in Colombia?

LPd

Vikingo
  8/3/2019 22:12 EST

Elpdiver, in my opinion nobody can stop you in Colombia from constructing a home-built aircraft. But getting it certified is the problem.
I sincerely doubt there is an EAA chapter in Colombia.
I also doubt the Colombian Civil Aviation Authority has an airworthiness inspector available who can sign your work off before it is covered (fabric or sheet metal) and also do the final inspection.
As you probably know, in the States they have FAA approved designated inspectors (private individuals) who work with the local EAA chapters, I would contact the EAA for information:
https://www.eaa.org/eaa/about-eaa/contact-us
I would also visit flight schools and talk with instructors, ask at repair facilities at local airports, contact the Civil Aviation Authority (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Administrative_Unit_of_Civil_Aeronautics
You may have heard about an ultra-light from Buenos Aires, Argentina, the BAaer GurĂ­, which was sold in kit form.

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Vikingo
  8/3/2019 23:09 EST

More on the subject: there is home-built activity at present in Brazil, the only LA country I'm aware of, to what extend I don't know.
The Ultra-light from Argentina is out of production for several years now.

If the engine, prop and instruments are new, or overhauled in an FAA certificated repair station, it simplifies and speeds up the certification process tremendously.

An American pilots license is valid in Colombia only when flying N-number equipment (US registered).

elpdiver
  8/4/2019 09:03 EST

Thanks guys,

I was more curious about if an already constructed aircraft could be flown in Colombian airspace. I am tending to thing not; however, I will check up on it. I just remembered that I have a nephew who is currently enrolled in aeronautical engineering, He can probably track down an answer for me.

ELpd

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