EX TFC F7F

As far as i know, the EU rule states that pilots of free bus pass age can only be certified on single engine aircraft as far as know?

Hence the mossie, P38 and Tigercat were shifted on, and also why the Beau was put up for sale.

Why have aircraft you can’t fly yourself??

So is the Beaufighter for sale then?

I believe that the restriction has more to do with the class of medical held rather than the pilot’s age per se

My understanding was that, under EU rules, pilots over 65 years of age are no longer allowed to fly anything with more than one engine unless the aircraft is fitted with dual controls and they were accompanied by another pilot who has a type rating for the aircraft.
The Beaufighter, P-38, Tigercat and Mosquito are all single pilot making it impossible for Stephen Grey to fly them within the EU. It is understandable that he doesn’t wish to pay a lot of money to restore / operate aircraft which he will not be allowed to fly but it is a shame that we appear to have lost the chance of seeing both a Mosquito and Beaufighter in the air and have been deprived of further enjoying the P-38 and Tigercat.
I assume that the ruling only applies to warbirds or are older pilots also prohibited from operating general aviation twins like Aztecs, Navajos and Cessnas without a second pilot aboard?

Clay Lacy flies it these days & he’s 107… 😉

Don’t exagerate Rick, I don’t reckon that he’s a day over 98

As far as i know, the EU rule states that pilots of free bus pass age can only be certified on single engine aircraft as far as know?

That is not so

As far as i know, the EU rule states that pilots of free bus pass age can only be certified on single engine aircraft as far as know?

Hence the mossie, P38 and Tigercat were shifted on, and also why the Beau was put up for sale.

Why have aircraft you can’t fly yourself??

Clay Lacy flies it these days & he’s 107… 😉

Don’t know, He could fly the tigercat though. If not Pete Kensey or Nick grey could, if they know how 🙂

Is the Guv’nor permitted to fly a Beau then?

Although in a ‘few’ years time we might well see the Beaufighter ‘Tearing up the skies’

just imagine that the Beaufighter and Blenheim together :diablo:

On a serious note, a magnificent aircraft, always displayed beutifully.

We can thank those numpties at the EU for the bus pass age ruling preventing the guv nor from tearing round the skies in this beast.

The “balbo” at Legends isn’t the same without the Tigercat in the lead position somehow.

Lovely aeroplane,happy memories.Can’t believe it was 6 + years ago when i took this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np6FF0mUFQQ

Can anyone remember who brought TFC’s EX F7F tigercat
‘US Marines 80425 4-WT’

THanks

This one?

It’s shown up on several TV shows since it’s been at VNY owing to the hangar it lives in being used for film shoots etc. Saw in on NCIS LA a while back… which just happens to be the very same hangar the USN/USMC sent it to when they first received it from Grumman…

Joe Clark.