Permit aircraft (as we define them in the UK) will for the foreseeable fall into something called "Annex II", which means that they'll be excluded from EASA regulation. So, for the moment I don't see any change there. As it happens I've a copy of Annex II on my desk, in summary it covers historic aircraft, research aircraft, amateur built aircraft, aircraft designed for military use, microlights, very lightweight gliders and unmanned aircraft below 150kg.
Actually I don't think many European countries have noticeably lower standards than the Brits (except the French who have virtually no standards at-all), but they do often have cultures that makes working within the standards a lot easier and cheaper.
We're now working to EU noise regs in the UK, as presumably are the Germans. So, I think we probably will see standardisation on that - although probably only for new aircraft. What we should see is a much easier ability on Cof A aircraft to put the German silencing mods onto our own aircraft.
Yes, that Helsinki.
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Last edited by Genghis the Engineer; 23rd December 2003 at 17:44.