US resident , no greencard, buying a glider in the US

I'm hoping to tap the voice of experience...

I've been thinking about buying a glider ever since I moved to the US,
its been 10 years now and I'm still waiting to get my Green card... yay
go USA... anyway... bitterness aside...

I know that I can't register an Aircraft on the US register unless its
owned by a US entity (person or corporation, majority),... or a Greencard
holder... bitter a little.

BUT...

Is there anything to stop me buying one and transferring it the the UK
register, but keeping it here and having my father (a UK based aircraft
inspector) come over and give it its annual airworthiness on the UK
register and fly it that way ?

What would be the process, would I have to get an export CofA and go
through all that rigmarole and then do the Uk equivalent to transfer the
registration, even thought he aircraft is not actually being exported ?

And I would eventually (hopefully some decade soon) be reversing the
process once I get my Greencard.

Any other common means for a non-US citizen to own an aircraft legally in
the US. I don;t want to bend any rules and I'd rather not put a $50-80K
glider on teh register under someone elses name (and effectively make
them liable for any legal/tax issues), as well as have to trust someone
with that much of an asset that I'd have to basically lose legal rights
to to transfer to them legally.

Or should I pack up my stuff and head back to blighty... :-)

Peter