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i purchased full insurance coverage from avemco last june on the lancair iv. i squeezed under their cut off date by one day and was able to get the full value hull coverage. this went into effect after the first 10 hours were flown off. i assume that for the test flight, by the lancair pilot, that he would not have been covered either. maybe the lancair people cover their pilots under a company policy (except fot the value on your plane) . i was told by the avemco rep that after the years insurance was up  that they wouldnot cover the airplane.
the cost for the insurance , based on a hul value of 450,000 canadian was 14,200 canadian. first 10 hours take your chances.
does anyone know what would take place if the factory rep was to crash ? hurt or kill himself ? and you on a check out?  i never did ask that of lancair.
would eaa help out to get their members covered for fair values with the company they advertise to go with? i doubt it.
what or where do other high risk , high value aircraft get insured? such as the warbirds , restricted private ex military jets?
what is taking place with lancairs with the turbines ?
it would be nice if our organization , the eaa , would help to resolve the insurance problem with avemco , they must have some pull , but i would think that they bring a lot of insurance to avemco on so many homebuilts , that they make a good amount of money from this and that the lancair guys are just a small portion of the pie. probably not worth the time to help out.
if you were to ask lancair about where to insure their airplanes , what do they suggest?
just wondering............

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