Light Aircraft Association

Hi Chaps is the PA22 colt a permit aircraft or does it have to be CAA ?
george

Unfortunately CAA only. Hopefully, one day, this may change.
Tony Nowak

Is it not CAA Permit, rather than LAA Permit? Annex 2 listed IIRC, and shown as Non-EASA on G-INFO

The PA22's are presently on a C of A but are Annex 2 not EASA.

Rumours abound that they are trying to obtain transfer to an LAA permit.

Are they still 'supported by the factory' and have a type certificate?

That used to be the acid test, but seems to be ignored now: Gardan Horizons for example - nobody owns the type cert and in France, their country or origin, they are on a permit, but here they are CofA.

Hi Rob, the first Horizon is currently being transferred onto PtF and others will follow if they wish to do so.
Rgds, Brian

The PA22 is a great little aircraft and I've spent many happy hours flying them, alas we had to get rid of ours due to the lack of local maintenance support for a 'rag and tube' type.

If PA22's ever make it onto a permit I'd have another one in a heartbeat, fantastically rugged aircraft with very forgiving handling and a lovely vintage charm. The Johnson bar brakes, rubber bungee interlinked rudder and aileron and amusingly large trim changes required for full flap makes for far more interesting flying than a C172!

Regards

Des

It's impossible to keep a PA-22 North of the Border as there are now no full-time licensed engineers with it on their ticket. We had to fly ours South for it's last annual before we reluctantly sold it, and like Des I would have one in a heartbeat if I could get it on a permit.

If only there were actually some definite rules as to what could be kept on a permit. The current system gets a bit murky when you are dealing with aircraft from the early 1950's. Some PA-18s but not others, some Cessna 140s etc. Doesn't seem to be a problem in Ireland.