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gtb(at)commspeed.net
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 Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 9:27 pm Post subject: UK Regs |
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The following was taken from a post in another group:
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On the 30th of April the CAA issued an exemption, which allows single-seat
microlights, having an empty weight of less than 115 Kg (approx. 254 lbs), &
an empty wing loading of less than 10 Kg per square metre, to fly in the UK,
without a permit to fly, design investigation, formal flight tests or annual inspections.
The only requirement for the aeroplane is that it must have the appropriate
level of 3rd party insurance, & a noise certificate, issued by the CAA, which
may require a noise measurement flight test.
Full details of this new class of aeroplane, & guidance on some of the designs
already available will be found in the June 2007 issue of `Popular Flying', due
out shortly.
(10 KG = 22.046 lbs, & 1 square meter = 10.76391 square feet) [I think]
Hope this helps in the understanding of the SIMILARITY between the UK & the US
MICROLIGHT / ULTRALIGHT categories.
George Bass
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| Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 2:01 am Post subject: UK Regs |
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On the 30th of April the CAA issued an exemption,>>
Hi George,
that looks like the same stuff that I was referring to but I [picked it up from another source.
Incidentally, do you have to have a Noise Certificate in the US.? I bet you don`t
Pat
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d-m-hague(at)comcast.net
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| Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 2:53 am Post subject: UK Regs |
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At 06:00 AM 6/5/2007, pat ladd wrote:
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that looks like the same stuff that I was referring to but I [picked it up from another source.
Incidentally, do you have to have a Noise Certificate in the US.? I bet you don`t |
I'm guessing that your exemption is similar to the "foot launch exemption" that your PPG and PHG guys have been operating under for years now?
Nope, no noise certificate required here. No minimum altitude, either, under Part 103  ... though an ultralight can't fly over any "congested area" at ANY altitude.
-Dana
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| Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 3:59 am Post subject: UK Regs |
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'm guessing that your exemption is similar to the "foot launch exemption"
that your PPG and PHG guys have been operating under for years now?
Nope, no noise certificate required here. No minimum altitude, either,
under Part 103 ... though an ultralight can't fly over any "congested
area" at ANY altitude.>>
Hi Dana,
I wouldn`t know about that. I turned my back firmly against any `foot launching` after breaking my leg hang gliding many years ago. This Single Seat Deregulation is a whole new ball game for us and as I am not going to change my Xtra in for a singhle seater I have not been following the details.
Re noise cert. A new type of plane or new plane /engine combination HAS to have a noise test carried out.This certification then applies to all similar set ups. As the new SSDereg. is expected to produce a series of different planes/combinations a Noise Cert. will have to be issued to each one. We think our noise levels are difficult to get down to but the Germans rules are a lot tougher.
We have no lower height limit except the usual `congested area` rule. Some countries, Holland I think, have maximum height rules, some have minimum height rules. It is a mess which is gradually being sorted out now that we are all members of the European Union. (Oh Yeah!)
Basically we operate under exactly the same rules as GA which seems pretty sensible to me. Why complicate things?
Pat
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