According to my reading of AN52 it says that foreign registered homebuilts
must apply for permission to fly in the UK but Appendix 1 exempts EC
homebuilts from the need to do so providing they comply with a few
conditions as follows:-
(a) The aircraft shall not be flown over any assembly of persons or over any
congested area of a city, town or settlement.
(b) The aircraft shall not be flown for the purpose of public transport or
aerial work.
(c) The aircraft shall be flown only in accordance with daytime Visual
Flight Rules.
(d) The conditions, limitations and restrictions applicable under the Permit
to Fly or equivalent document issued by the State of Registry shall be
observed.
(e) The aircraft shall not remain in the United Kingdom pursuant to this
exemption for more than 28 days in any one calendar year.
(f) Prior to each visit to the UK, the aircraft owner shall provide to the
CAA the information specified in Schedule 1 to this exemption.
(g) The owner of the aircraft shall ensure that the documents specified in
Schedule 2 to this exemption are available for inspection by the CAA on
demand when the aircraft is in the UK.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Gregory" <m.j.gregory@talk21.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 3:12 PM
Subject: RE: Europa-List: Flying to the UK
>
> Hello Gilles,
>
> The whole of CAP455 (1.5 MB) can be downloaded free from the UK CAA web
> site
> http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/CAP455.PDF
> Airworthiness Notice 52 explains that the previous block exemption for
> foreign home-built aircraft has been superseded by splitting the
> requirement
> into two: automatic clearance for a visit of up to 28 days may be obtained
> by e-mailing the completed form set out in AN 52 to a special address;
> visits of more than 28 days require special authorisation by the UK CAA.
> The intention is apparently to avoid people operating "permit" aircraft in
> the UK on a long-term basis without meeting the UK airworthiness
> standards.
>
> You are always welcome here!
>
> Mike
> Europa Club Safety Officer
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
> [mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Gilles Thesee
> Sent: 27 February 2007 13:59
> To: europa-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Re: Europa-List: Flying to the UK
>
> <Gilles.Thesee@ac-grenoble.fr>
>
> Rmi Guerner a crit :
>>
>> Salut Gilles,
>>
>> I have flown my Europa to the UK many times without problems. But
>> CAP455 / AN52 is an all new CAA requirement dated September 2006
>> which replaces previous rules. It says that any one which does not
>> comply is liable for prosecution.
>>
>>
>
> Rmi,
>
> I forgot that the UK is hardly in the European Community ;-)))
> Seriously now, where can we have a full copy of the text you referred to ?
> Does it explicitly supersede the previous Exemption ?
>
> Regards,
> Gilles
> http://contrails.free.fr
>
>
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