flying tenders

[chrisb]

just returned from caribbean. saw a rib attached to the a frame of a microlight taking holiday makers for flights around the bay.took of easilly and climbed well. seemed ideal tender for the scuttlebutter who has everything. anyone have any experience of these craft-

 

[FWB]

There's a picture of one in March PBO page 9. So it wasn't photoshop then !

 

[webcraft]

A brilliant concept. Not legal in this country, although I saw one land on Loch Ness just before Christmas.

Hopefully someone will put one through Section S (the UK microlight airworthiness regs) and then maybe I will get back into flying . . .

See some more of these machines HERE and HERE

- Nick

 

[Sybarite]

Fantastic idea but a bit of a problem to get into the cockpit locker.

John

 

[fireball]

Open it up and fly in ... No need to lump it up over the guard rail.... jeeze - you do make life difficult! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[tcm]

not legal

whatever the regs, i saw exactly this item belt around/above the solent in late august. They make a collosal noise, tho!

What does "illegal" mean - not allowed to fly, not allowed to take pasengers, ownership, selling one...?

 

[webcraft]

Re: not legal

It means they don't conform to any UK approved standard of airworthiness, therefore cannot be registered in the UK therefore cannot fly.

It is conceivable that FIBs registered in countries where they are approved could be flown legally here by pilots from those countries with the appropriate licence.

People who moan on this forum about creeping legislation in boating should try flying - it is almost legislated out of existence. It is widely believed that CAA (the governing body for aviation in the UK) stands for Cease All Aviation.

- Nick

 

[ArgoNot]

Re: not legal

Amen, Webcraft, but don't be too hard on the CAA. They did, after all, introduce the NPPL for which we aging pilots can be trully thankfull.

 

[Jacket]

Re: not legal

Do amateur spam-can pilots have an active association representing them? I only ask as gliding has a very active association which seems to have kept soaring pretty much free of petty bureaucracy. What legislation there is is all common sense stuff that no one can really argue with.

 

[webcraft]

Re: not legal

Yes,

Glider pilots have an extraordinary freedom from regulation, particularly when you consider how many accidents they have.

The PFA represents flyers of older and homebuilt aircraft, but the regs are pretty much the same except for those concerned with homebuilding, with a bit of give and take on the maintenance side. (Cessna drivers are not even allowed to change a spark plug on their 1930s technology engines).

The BMAA represent microlight pilots, and for a while microlights enjoyed a relatively light legislative touch. Now the machines have become faster and more expensive and a severe case of creeping regulation is setting in. The only glimmer on the horizon is the talk of deregulation for sub-100Kg machines.

It's because I used to fly that I usually just smile when people talk of creeping regulation in sailing /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

For more info on microlights Micropages is a good starting point.

- Nick