New controller

In Norway we need to have controllers appointed by Luftfartstilsynet. Their job is to sign the build log and to give advice and help. The build log is a document that is to follow the aircraft through it's lifetime, it's the documentation that all parts are OK. It's a way of quality assurance of the build process and the finished parts. I think this build log is a very good thing, particularly when selling/buying used experimental aircraft. I would never dream of buying a used experimental from the US, where there is no requirement to document the build process.

My old controller moved to another part of the country. I couldn't close up the structure, horizontal and vertical tail surfaces, before the controller had inspected and signed off. I have used some time to find a new one, but when I finally got a new one, he happened to live only a couple of hundred meters from my home. So finally I can close up stuff and be finished with pieces.