tail numbers and countries of registration

On 2008-02-28, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Don't forget the Isle of Man TT. My Dad still races sidecars in that.
A 37 3/4 mile long race circuit, with races from 3 to 6 laps. Also,
the Isle of Man Grand Prix (same circuit), the Southern 100 (on the
Billown circuit in the south, 4 and a bit miles per lap) and the Jurby
Road Race in the north.

Cool. He must be mad, though! The walls...

He crashed into one, once - broke his right hand and wrist and arm very
badly (lots of steel pins sticking out, that kind of thing), destroyed
his helmet and got the free helicopter ride.

Didn't stop him though. He had a new outfit the next year, and crashed
again - no injury that time, straighened the outfit, and raced.

He's not crashed since.

I don't have video of the TT (it's too long for my video equipment) but
I do have some video of the Southern 100 which is also a road race (and
personally, I much prefer the Southern to the TT - it's a much
friendlier meeting, even if the course is more dangerous). Here's the
video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVdXdGSxnwY

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Dylan Smith wrote:
Don't forget the Isle of Man TT. My Dad still races sidecars in that. A
37 3/4 mile long race circuit, with races from 3 to 6 laps. Also, the
Isle of Man Grand Prix (same circuit), the Southern 100 (on the Billown
circuit in the south, 4 and a bit miles per lap) and the Jurby Road Race
in the north.

Last year was the 100th anniversary of the TT races, we got something
like 25000 bikes come over, and something like 50,000 visitors (our
normal population is 80,000).


Wow, what a coincidence, earlier this week I was asking in r.a.s.f1 if
anybody had suggestion regarding a possible trip I wanted to take to the
IoM TT this summer, and now I find something regarding it in r.a.p

Could I contact you by email for a few questions, like best way to get
there (plane, ferry), motorcycle rentals, possibility of renting an
apartment for the week instead of going to an hotel? If you have info
regarding these type of things of course, or know where to point me toward.

Thanks.

On 2008-02-28, RdKetchup wrote:
Could I contact you by email for a few questions, like best way to get
there (plane, ferry), motorcycle rentals, possibility of renting an
apartment for the week instead of going to an hotel?

Yes. The reply to mail address is valid, be sure to give your mail a
subject line that stands out so I don't mistake it for spam.

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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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On 2008-03-01, Peter wrote:
There are situations where N-reg are treated badly, e.g. 24 hr or even
5-day pripr permission in some Greek airports, or Turkey, but the same

I was actually thinking of France. While the French won't stop you
taking an N-reg plane there, when you do they will give you hassle over
the paperwork at many airports - checking in pettifoggling detail
especially for things like VAT payment. They don't do that for other
registers. The N-reg people at Ronaldsway who flew to France were eager
to transfer to the M-reg for this reason.

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On 2008-03-01, Peter wrote:
There are situations where N-reg are treated badly, e.g. 24 hr or even
5-day pripr permission in some Greek airports, or Turkey, but the same

I was actually thinking of France. While the French won't stop you
taking an N-reg plane there, when you do they will give you hassle over
the paperwork at many airports - checking in pettifoggling detail
especially for things like VAT payment. They don't do that for other
registers. The N-reg people at Ronaldsway who flew to France were eager
to transfer to the M-reg for this reason.

Flying an N reg into France, it is important for the pilot to have the
restricted radio operators licence. It is the sucker punch the French try
and catch pilots out with.

In article Peter writes:

"akjcbkJA" wrote

Flying an N reg into France, it is important for the pilot to have the
restricted radio operators licence. It is the sucker punch the French try
and catch pilots out with.

Yes, true for an N-reg flying anywhere outside the USA!

And the pilot needs the FCC radio license too. That's two separate
radio licenses you need.

Here's some notes on this stuff

http://www.peter2000.co.uk/aviation/faa-nreg/docs.html

Did you come across the requirements for folks who hold a General
Radiotelephone Operator License instead of the Restricted Radiotelephone
Operator Permit? The GROL is a larger certificate, and not something
one would carry around.

Alan

On 2008-03-04, Peter wrote:
Yes, true for an N-reg flying anywhere outside the USA!

And the pilot needs the FCC radio license too. That's two separate
radio licenses you need.

I think you have that the opposite way around: the Restricted
Radiotelephone Operators License is for the pilot, not the plane's
radio. (I have an FCC RT operators license).

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