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In article , Chris wrote:
IFR is not a big issue in Europe for the private pilot. So expensive IFR systems like WAAS and GPS enabled approaches are irrelevant. Its interesting that the much hailed Cirrus cannot fly IFR in much of European airspace and in the UK its just a VFR machine. That's due to assinine regulations put out by our "beloved" CAA. That's why Cirrus airplanes in Britain are all on the N-register. Indeed, if I was interested in buying an IFR plane, regardless of what it was (even if it was a Diamond) I'd have it on the N register to avoid the stupid, pointless CAA regulations that *decrease* safety, not increase it. -- Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net "Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee" |
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Dylan Smith wrote:
In article , Chris wrote: IFR is not a big issue in Europe for the private pilot. So expensive IFR systems like WAAS and GPS enabled approaches are irrelevant. Its interesting that the much hailed Cirrus cannot fly IFR in much of European airspace and in the UK its just a VFR machine. That's due to assinine regulations put out by our "beloved" CAA. That's why Cirrus airplanes in Britain are all on the N-register. Indeed, if I was interested in buying an IFR plane, regardless of what it was (even if it was a Diamond) I'd have it on the N register to avoid the stupid, pointless CAA regulations that *decrease* safety, not increase it. And now you can throw insurance into the mix along with avgas prices: "$5 MILLION COVERAGE TO FLY A 182 IN EUROPE? Thinking of flying your N-registered aircraft in Europe? Better make sure you can afford it. The European Union is imposing new liability insurance requirements for general aviation aircraft starting April 30. If you were flying a Cessna 182 with four people on board, you'd need almost $5 million in insurance coverage--assuming you could find the coverage and afford it. "It's almost impossible for light aircraft operators to get more than $1 million in liability insurance from U.S. underwriters," said Luis Gutierrez, AOPA director of regulatory and certification policy. AOPA is currently working with several insurance companies to determine if it is feasible to provide temporary liability insurance for members desiring to fly to Europe for a one-time trip or longer-term insurance to cover those on an extended stay. For more information, see AOPA's regulatory brief." |
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"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
... And now you can throw insurance into the mix along with avgas prices: "$5 MILLION COVERAGE TO FLY A 182 IN EUROPE? Thinking of flying your N-registered aircraft in Europe? Better make sure you can afford it. The European Union is imposing new liability insurance requirements for general aviation aircraft starting April 30. If you were flying a Cessna 182 with four people on board, you'd need almost $5 million in insurance coverage--assuming you could find the coverage and afford it." Insurance isn't so much of a problem here. If you pay for it, you get it. My liability has gone up from £1m (non compulsory) to £3m (compulsory about £2.5m) and I have to pay about an extra £100 a year. It's not ideal though. The B17s and such like flying here may have massive increases. http://www.flyer.co.uk/news/newsfeed.php?artnum=190 We used to have sensible regulations here in the UK before the European JAR regulations came in. The JARs brought in things like having to do 12 hours in 2 years but in the second of the two years, with none to do in the first. The old CAA rule was 5 hours every 13 months. Now we have to do a BFR, we have the 3 take-offs and landings in 90 days to take passengers and other things taken from the FARs. Paul |
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![]() "Dylan Smith" wrote in message ... In article , Chris wrote: IFR is not a big issue in Europe for the private pilot. So expensive IFR systems like WAAS and GPS enabled approaches are irrelevant. Its interesting that the much hailed Cirrus cannot fly IFR in much of European airspace and in the UK its just a VFR machine. That's due to assinine regulations put out by our "beloved" CAA. That's why Cirrus airplanes in Britain are all on the N-register. Indeed, if I was interested in buying an IFR plane, regardless of what it was (even if it was a Diamond) I'd have it on the N register to avoid the stupid, pointless CAA regulations that *decrease* safety, not increase it. But even a Cirrus on the N register is not legit, no DME, no ADF, no f*****g good. |
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