Ok, lets try and put this into laymans terms and get away from the rumour and bar talk..
Civilian single-engined aircraft are not ‘banned’ from flying over london, but the requirements for an aircraft to glide clear of a congested area in the event of an engine failure effectively means that they are….unless they are at such a height that will enable them to alight clear. For most single-engined aircraft worth talking about, this will be quite high and unlikely to be approved as it puts them out of sight of spectators, and smack bang in the middle of the airway and controlled airspace structure of the London TMA. Also, any ‘Non-Standard Flight Clearance’ from LATCC will only now be approved for Multi-Engined aircraft in the area between Heathrow and London City Airport
So what this means is that any ‘civilian’ flypast over the vast congested area of London will comprise multi-engined aircraft, and will have to be approved by the CAA…Any Military flypast will be flown to Military rules, and I believe that although RAFAT have and do fly over London, flypasts by single engined piston aircraft (Spitfire, Huirricane etc) are not permitted.
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