On 2008-02-29, Peter wrote:

Dylan Smith wrote

If you have a Manx based plane you can register it whatever it is, so
long as it has a CofA.

Only if you live there yourself.

That's why I said 'Manx based plane' :-) It's not going to be entirely
convenient to keep your plane in the Isle of Man if you live in
Budapest.

That's quite a "significant" requirement, given the weather there

The weather's perfectly fine, thanyouverymuch. How many bitter icy
frosts has the central UK had this winter? All the people on the Hardy
Tropical forums are whining about all the plants they've lost, and none
of mine have been touched!

One reason people register M-XXXX is that it is perceived to provide
protection from the occassionally threatened moves by EASA (the
European aviation regulator) to kick U.S. registered aircraft off
European soil after 90 days' parking. Whether this will happen is a
separate argument...

EASA should get a clue, and perhaps try to understand why people want to
N reg rather than on their own nations register - and change the
regulations appropriately so that European registrations are desirable
to have. Such as making the instrument rating comparable to the US
instrument rating, and changing some of the inane light plane
maintenance rules so they are like the US ones; many of these
regulations actually ending up making aviation more dangerous because
aircraft owners have to choose between complying with an inane but
expensive regulation and making a worthwhile safety improvement to their
aircraft. The CAA in particular seems to always make rules with the
assumption that aircraft owners have an infinite money supply - just
look at the recent Mode S stupidity.

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