New LAA Stainless Steel Registration Plate

Rod1 · Post by **Rod1** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 4:24 pm

I see that the LAA have re thought the aluminium plate and replaced it with a Stainless Steel Registration Plate, which complies with the legal requirements. Ignoring the obvious question of why was it not made of SS in the first place, do we know if there is a plan to make this plate compulsory for the LAA fleet? At £28.75 it is a lot more than I paid for my “legal minimum” plate.

http://www.lightaircraftassociation.co. ... plate.html

Rod1

Brian Hope · Post by **Brian Hope** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:27 pm

Hi Rod, The registration plate is a nicely made item, certainly better than a 'bare minimum' plate. Horses for courses - there will be those who will want to fit one to their aircraft and those who will prefer to go basic.
There are no plans to insist that the LAA plate must be used, why would there be?

macconnacher · Post by **macconnacher** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:05 pm

I find it strange that the plate contains owners name when the only legal requirement in the ANO is for the registration marks. It was PFA Chiltern Strut against John Walker then Head of Engineering that persuaded the CAA to drop the owners name from the plate since we proved that ICAO did not require it.

Ironic that LAA try to introduce someting that the members got removed back in the 80's

Owners change during the lifetime of an aircraft so this plate should be restricted to fixed lifetime data.

We seem to have a mix of the FAA requirement for a manufacturers Constructors number plate and the ICAO Fireproof plate. Put the manufacturers name or builders name since that is possibly useful i.e. put Built By instead of Owner.

Also why is the PFA LAA serial number missed off as this is a permanent piece of data.

Rod1 · Post by **Rod1** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:01 am

“There are no plans to insist that the LAA plate must be used,”

Good to know Brian, thanks.

“I find it strange that the plate contains owners name”

Wild guess, the plate would then need replacing by each owner, so you sell more plates? Thinking about it, if the plate contains the previous owners name, do you have to replace the plate? Could lead to some serious confusion if you did not and had an accident.

Rod1

macconnacher · Post by **macconnacher** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:38 am

Rod you are right. If the plate does not get replaced and the aircraft comes to a firey end two owners later; PC plod might be knocking on your door at the dead of night to inform your wife of your demise.

The CAA accepted the removal of owners details from the plate even though this was before the advent of G-INFO since police could via their radio find to the current owner data plus address quicker than poking around looking for a fireproof plate.

Rod in your case the plate does not lend itself as a c/n plate for a Jodel or other factory built aircraft under the LAA permit system though since many are of USA origin they should have the manufacturer's FAA c/n plate fitted which from my recall are not fitted to a Jodel.

Nick Allen · Post by **Nick Allen** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 3:04 pm

One could, of course, just leave the name sector blank....

Ian Melville · Post by **Ian Melville** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 9:36 am

welshman wrote:One could of course go to the local council recycling site, take the centre out of an old washing machine, go to Machine Mart & buy a set of letter stamps for about £12 (will last a lifetime ) and make as many ID plates as you like !!!!!!!!!! and still have enough for 10 litres of mogas.

You sure you are not a Scotsman

It takes one, to know one

mike newall · Post by **mike newall** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 10:14 am

welshman wrote:One could of course go to the local council recycling site, take the centre out of an old washing machine, go to Machine Mart & buy a set of letter stamps for about £12 (will last a lifetime ) and make as many ID plates as you like !!!!!!!!!! and still have enough for 10 litres of mogas.

Why on earth would you want Mogas, unless you nicked the washing machine in the first place, weighed it in for scrap, clip clopped back to your campsite and put a few rivets in your RV12.......