The story with the CAA’s costs coverage proposals is remarkably similar to the costs coverage approach of a firm contracted by the Dutch CAA over the past few years to provide service for pilots’ license renewal, AML-licenses, etc.

Costs for these licenses have jumped by as much as six times in some cases. Main problem there seems to be an overhead which is aimed at weathering any possible legal or political storm, requiring an unprecedented amount of man power and procedures. Also, the drawback of it has been that all aviation related experienced employees have left the organization for work where they actually felt they were doing something aviation related. Which would explain why on my last renewal of my engineer’s license I found myself explaining to the lady responsible for evaluating my currency (and license renewal) what exactly the differences are between a motor glider and a ‘normal aircraft’ (her words, not mine), and why I had been inspecting foreign-registered aircraft since she thought my license did not cover this (it does and has done for years).

Let’s dispel a few myths
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PH-EAB was wrecked by a storm in Holland early 62

Indeed. EAB had been stored at Rotterdam-Zestienhoven for some time when it was relatively lightly damaged in a storm 13Nov1961. It was cancelled 5Jul1962 as ‘sold to foreign owner for parting out’. After spares recovery it served for a number of years as an eyecatcher along the Gouda-Rotterdam highway before being broken up.

Pictures of the damage here: http://hdekker.info/Nieuwe%20map/1961.htm

Corsair VH-III spends some time at Point Cook regularly it would appear, so would be a prime suspect.

Thank you, Baz. Should you come across a Dutch yellow T21 in the future, consider yourself a passenger for a flight in The Barge. Much appreciated!