Originally Posted by
off watch
Anyone like to share their thoughts on why the same rules that apply to foreign registered cars used in the UK can't be applied to aircraft ?
As a UK citizen, if I import a foreign reg car, I can only use it for a maximum of 12 months (or in many cases 6) before I must reregister it here.
If it works for motor vehicles, why not aircraft ?
Having had one, the foreign registered car period is from when it comes in to the country. If you take it out, then bring it back, the period resets. This is a bit tedious for motor vehicles, so is generally not done. But aircraft can leave the country and then return quite readily. So much so that it's not worth keeping up with. The Sala plane, of course, wasn't even in UK territory when it was lost.