Thanks Alan 😎

Tom.

Unfortunately Goof, that is also against the rules.

If a membership scheme advertises a “free” flight in a permit aircraft in return for a membership fee, you are therefore guaranteed a seat, and then becomes public transport which is illegal on a Permit to Fly aircraft like the JP. If the flight goes ahead then it nullifies any insurance cover on that aircraft as the flight is illegal. I would suspect this will affect any personal insurance the passenger may also have, i.e. life insurance.

The CAA have been having a clamp down on membership clubs recently and have threatened to remove permits if they feel it appropriate.

There is no way around this. Read the ANO and it becomes quite obvious that every time someone has found a new way, the rules have been changed to stop it happening.

Tom.

Both of those aircraft types are eligible for a C of A, as they were sold for civvy use (I believe).

In most cases this is true, however there are exceptions, Harvards being prime examples. Someone in the past has been to the trouble of having a Harvard certified for a Certificate of Airworthiness, meaning they can operate public transport with them.

However, it does work in reverse too. We recently looked into restoring our stored Anson 19, as we believed we would be able to operate it Public Transport what with it being a civvy variant. Our plan ground to a halt however when we found out that because BAe had withdrawn type support, the CAA would only issue a Permit To Fly for the Anson. I suspect this could also be the case for most permit aircraft, assuming someone had the cash to even consider trying to certify one!

Tom.

Spitfires are operated on a Permit to Fly, not a certificate of Airworthiness. The Air Navigation Order prohibits Permit aircraft from being used for public transport flights which is what a pleasure flight would be classed as and this is why there are no Spitfire pleasure flights.

The same applies to Vampires, Hunters, Jet Provosts etc.

Tom.

Thanks BR, you have a pm.

Tom.

WR963 is available for filmwork, WL790 is available for air display!

I’m looking into the firefox problems at the moment.

Cheers,

Tom.

Also look out for G-DHDV in a forthcoming episode of ITV’s ‘The Royal’ and both DC6’s in the new Bond movie!

The recent programme on the Suez Crisis featured the cockpit of our Meteor too and there will be a programme featuring DC3 G-AMRA and Martin Shaw appearing soon.

Tom.

I believe this is indeed now the case.

Tom.