An other grey or dark area

I checked on a fouga selling with extra engines O hours SMOH.
Guess what or since you started to read the blog : A person overhauled thoses engines in the US and according to the owner that person did a major overhaul !!!!!!!without to be able to come up with the references of seals replaced , lock washers , documentations , ref , tag and real serial number for the combustion chamber replaced....
Watch out around you , you have a lot of unscrupulous people and sign anything to pull out some money.
I had some problem with fouga S/N 433 sold and for the left engine it was given for 187 SMOH in 2001 .
On the left engine the data plate was removed of the engine and painted with an other engine serial number /The engine with that serial number is on a aircraft in France with the original paper work. Guess : the original engines logs for 433 disappeared / very convenient.....
After some researches between France , French Air Force and some paper works I found that the real time on the left engine was 1350 hours SMOH when he left France in 1996 and nothing was done on it , just open American logbooks and did not put the right engine time on it or I will call that falsifying the logbooks.

Be aware of thoses engines overhaul

Nothing is better than pictures when you doing a work , but be sure that if you want to do a so so job and to hide something , hide it good.

New emergency knifes holders

I have new emergency knifes holders better than the originals on the fouga.

With thoses ones the emergency knife stay in place and at the pression of a finger the knife will come out.

Let me know if interested.

Certified Fouga mechanic

What is a certified Fouga mechanic ?
In Europe a certified Fouga mechanic is a person how have certified training by approved training facilities , Air Force , Navy , or manufacturer and who can show the records.
In the US the so called certified Fouga mechanics ( I made a funny diploma that some people would take it like gold ) have a A&P licence and no proof of training by approved training facilities or manufacturer. ( a mechanic fresh out of the school can claim to be a certified Fouga mechanic with no knowledge on the Fouga just by reading the manuals ).
Why not telling the truth because I met some of thoses Fouga Specialists or certified Fouga mechanics which I would not trust .
So before requesting the services of a certified Fouga mechanic ask references on which fougas he worked , contact the owners , and a old say : Trust but verify or you could be sorry.

Misleading?

Look at some records :
"8" SHSI "8" SHSI
Compressor Hours SOH 1032.6 Compressor Hours SOH 718.3
Hot Section Hours SOH 8 Hot Section Hours SOH 8

SHSI since hot section inspection and SOH since overhauled
I would like to have somebody explain to me how you can do a borescope inspection and by magic have the hot section ( burner can ) becoming new again with new time limit.
I need to go back to the A&P school because I did not know that in America when you do a borescope you doing a overhaul just by looking at it.
I was believing that when you do an overhaul you had to change some parts.....

When you decide to buy a Fouga or other aircraft

When you decide to buy a Fouga or other aircraft before sending some money , decide if you want to have the airplane inspected by a competent person or if you want to play the Russian roulette ?
When you bought the aircraft , it is too late to have the news that the aircraft will cost you twice for all the discrepancies on it.
Ask if it is possible to make a test flight and arrange a delivery flight and the cost.
If no test flight is possible ..... red warning ... The aircraft could have troubles and the seller does not want you to see them.
Paper work : Get a qualified person who know the Fouga and worked on Fougas , military records, Part 66 licence , reference on which aircraft serial number he worked and contact for the owner to verify . Just ask if you can go with the seller to the local FSDO to check with the FAA if the logs, engine time limited components ,maintenance manuals, limitations are up to date.
If everything is clear nobody should fear the local FSDO.
Be aware of thoses so called fouga specialists because they could be worst than a fresh mechanic out of a A&P school.

Premoratorium aircraft

Just to clear some questions..
If you buy an aircraft who was registered and had limitation before the moratorium , as soon as that aircraft will be under a new FSDO control , the old limitations will not be valid any more and new limitations will have to be issued.
I ask that question to my local FSDO and they told me that people advertising sale of an aircraft with premoratorium limitation is just a false information and false advertising because it will disppared with the new registration and will have the same limitations than all the other jet experimental aircraft.