i recently was givin a kitfox vixen 5 by my father -in -law,. its not finished yet and is about 85% completely built. i have a few questions about what would happen if i tried to sell without the air worthy certificate(awc)? according to FAA they recommend i get the AWC before i attempt to sell it to another party. personally i want to fly the thing,but i have a long way to go before doing this, need license need to finsh it,understand the plane itself.

how much red tape will have to go thru to get this in my name without AWC?
how far along does it need to be just to get the AWC in short amount of time, in other words what are the basics to get it to pass?

i dont have much time my father -in law is 92 years and health is slowly deteriating. he has lived a great life and would like to see this thing fly.

thanks for any information.