Kazumichi
You're not the only one enamoured with the liberty that US airspace allows, the only thing that I wish I could have since coming back to Hong Kong is the same GA comforts I found while I worked in Florida. I'm getting withdrawal symptoms already (involuntary whiplash when I hear a passing plane in HKG cloudy skies).
GA in HKG is piddle at the moment because the costs of keeping a plane are astronomical, and in general operating rules are very restrictive. I was hypothesising about my buying a Pitts S2B, bringing it here and after asking about, found out that:
1) Unless I won the Florida Lottery (that's after five rollovers) that idea is completely out the window
2) My takeoff would probably include a lot of accelerating in ground effect, flight portion would primarily consist of doing a vertical line then coming straight back down (repeated as necessary)
3) My plans of pulling off a Lomcvak over Victoria harbour.... they're on hold...indefinitely
I wonder how many people would like to see the GA scene increase here in HKG. Does anyone know of any studies that have been done to see if it's feasible? From what I gather HKG has a rather heartening history as a centre of aviation in SE Asia. I would love to see it bloom....
