Light Aircraft Association

This may be clearer than the CAA guidance http://www.lightaircraftassociation.co. ... _NPPL.html
Note that an ICAO compliant Class 2 medical is required, not a JAR Class 2.

Thanks for your comprehensive response Brian. Do I really expect an airworthiness authority to simply decide that from now on they are going to let any non ICAO aircraft operate in UK airspace, unless somebody - LAA for instance - can give them good reasons why they should allow certain categories i...

Brian, I don't get it. First you ask why I say we must not complain about the Belgians and now you tell us we must not complain about the CAA. I do not question why the CAA charges for the administrative work involved in dealing with requests for non UK non ICAO aircraft to be permitted to operate i...

OK Brian, here is your definitive statement:

http://www.aeci.it/wp-content/uploads/C ... 6_2012.pdf

Microlights are Annex II and therefore outside EASA control, fortunately.

It does seem strange though that aviation authorities in the UK and Belgium require payment before recognising the validity of Permits to Fly issued by other EU countries.

( I disagree with Donalds thing about the food. The Belgian food is far better than the scraps you get on your plate in France. )

Hey, wait a minute, in reference to Belgium I said:

I also agree about the welcoming airfields with good food.

I dont doubt Belgium has many attractions but do the authorities want/welcome us and is it worth the hassle & cost? Apart from those flying homebuilts, all foreign pilots flying PtF aircraft, except the French, must ask themselves the same question about the UK. I happen to think both countries are...

That is quite true Gasax, but it is for each visitor to decide what to do. We don't want somebody coming back on here claiming he/she was given bad advice. A problem will certainly arise if there is an incident and the permit is not in place. I also agree about the welcoming airfields with good food...

Brian, As you know, in the UK we are forced to home-build many of the aircraft that can be purchased factory built in the rest of the EU. This results in Belgium having far less home-builts, which are exempt from the CAA fee, and far more factory-builts, which are not. I said we can't complain, beca...

AFAIK, the fee was introduced to stop Belgian pilots registering their PtF aircraft abroad to save money. We can't complain though, because foreign PtF aircraft visiting the UK have to pay more than the Belgian fee. Only home-builts and all French PtF aircraft are exempt: http://www.developpement-du...

Responsible pilots pay the fee to get the permit and remain insured. Others take their chances.

I hope this helps

There are reports in the Italian press that an amendment to this law approved at parliamentary committee level increases the period after which foreign aircraft become liable to the tax from 48 hours to 45 days.

This now needs to be ratified.

So stickman, if you really do want to try to change things, put together a cogent argument to present to the Board indicating why it should reconsider the current forum operating rules. It will be considered by the Member Services Committee, of which I am a member, and will get a full and fair hear...

This from the law firm Clifford Chance: How are non-Italian registered aircraft affected by the Tax? Since non-Italian registered aircraft were added by way of a last minute amendment to a set of rules originally provided solely for Italian registered private aircraft, the new legislation is not pro...