It gets more and more confusing. I looked at my operating limitations and this is the statement I found:
"The pilot in command of this aircraft must, as applicable, hold an appropriate category/class rating, have an aircraft type rating, have a flight instructor's log book endorsement or posses a "Letter of Authorization" issued by an FAA Flight Standards Operations Inspector." My operating limitations were from April 14, 1991 and Order 8130.2 probably did not exist at the time. Rev E was fairly recent so if the order did exist it was at least a different revision. I suspect that operating limitation issued today would be as Dan stated. The weird part is that you must meet paragraph (j) requiring the tailwheel signoff "as appropriate", but paragraph (k) says that this section does not apply to an aircraft with an experimental type certificate so now I don't really know what the answer is and the FAA inspector I spoke to would also probably scratch his head if I put all the rules in front of him ans asked what they meant. I suppose that the FAA could, and probably, would put specific endorsement and training requirements in your operating limitations if you built an experimental 400 mph multi-engine tailwheel turbojet aircraft. Some may think this is wasted bandwith, but I do find it interresting. If anyone other than me wants to see a definitive answer from an authority on this let me know and I will see if I can get a clarification from the FAA. Dan Heath wrote: This was sent to me. Don't know if any of it makes sense, but I thought you should have the info. Though it isn't spelled out in the FARs, it will be in the Operating Limitations. Under FAA Order 8130.2E there must be included a paragraph that states: "The pilot in command of this aircraft shall hold a category/class rating, or an authoriized instructor's logbook endorsement. The pilot in command must meet the requirements of para. 61.31(e), (f), (g), (h), (i), and (j) as appropriate." Hope this helps clear things up. It really is confusing.
