ramp check

[Immelman]

Not a ramp check story, but going to/from Alaska this past summer I did two Canada to US entries. Into Alaska it was cursory. I think I showed him my passport for a second, he did his thing with the geiger counter (really..), and I was on my way in less than 60 seconds. In Bellingham they wanted me to show them the airworthiness, registration, and my pilot credentials as well.

[Hank]

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When I called the FSDO about this (my plane was being annualed for prebuy and I took POH home to study, mechanic needed to test fly plane and noticed POH wasn't there so I was hoping to get away with email him a scan copy to keep on a laptop during test flight) they really had no idea. It went around several departments because they weren't ready to completely say no to EFB but to cover themselves they said to go with paper anyway. I still think that the rules allow for an electronic POH but everyone is still insisting on paper just in case.

So I have both. I have the electronic on my tablet and the paper. In fact when I scanned my entire POH, I printed 2 copies of it. One I keep at home as a reference and the second in the plane. The original POH is in a ziplock bag on the hat rack. It's old and the pages are starting to fall out but it's the most legal document so I want to preserve it. So instead for actual use I use the electronic or paper copy that is just like the original but clean and intact.