I wonder whether the Historic aircraft flyers should play them at their own game and call their aircraft ‘Home Builds’ because if its that stringent how on
earth do the home build aircraft get into the air?

Graham

A neat idea, but the CAA thought of it before you….

The Light Aircraft Association, which issues Permits to Fly to homebuilt and some light vintage aircraft in the UK, has very stringent restrictions placed upon them by the CAA. This effectively limits their juristiction (to quote from their website) to:

Minimum speed, power off in the landing configuration not to exceed 60 mph.
Maximum speed not to exceed 250 mph
Aircraft must be amateur built
Maximum number of seats – 2
Maximum take off weight not to exceed – 912 kgs (2006 lbs)
The installed power not to exceed 260 hp

There are types on the LAA register that do not strictly meet all of the above criteria, but each has been individually agreed with the CAA.