Dylan Smith wrote in
:

On 2008-03-30, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
The reason they fly US reg'd airplanes in western Europe is to escape
the beaurocratic, anal retentive and exorbinately expensive
authorities
that exist there.

The head of the new EASA organisation has said that he wants to see a
regulatory environment that allows GA to thrive, 'similar to the US'
(paraphrasing his words).

I'll believe it when I see it.


Me too.


Already, EASA have forced us to register gliders and put them on a
full
C of A (it used to simply be administered by the British Gliding
Association in British airspace), which is a severe step in the
*wrong*
direction, since it adds considerable bureaucracy to glider operations
that wasn't there before. So I remain deeply skeptical.


Isn't the UK getting a new ultralight class with significantly less
regualtion? I picked up one of the Brit GA mags when I was in London
about 6 months ago and it was talking about that. Your PFA has an
approved "list" of allowable homebuilts and this rule would
substantially loosen that for aircraft under a certain weight and
perfomance with a lot fewer restrictions on certificatin and maintenance
as well. Is that right?


Bertie