Originally Posted by
n5296s
Nonsense. Most (all
afaik despite the best/worst efforts of some) countries in Europe allow it too. it's very hard not to, given ICAO rules - you have to be able to fly an XXX-registered aircraft with an XXX-issued license, otherwise life would be fairly tricky for the airlines.
There is a big difference between visiting aircraft and those based here. We are talking about US registered aircraft owned and operated in the UK by non US citizens.