One wonders how long before the CAA, to protect the public, stop or reduce the priviledges of a CofA and especially any public transport ones for such an aged aircraft (and engine/s). The headline would sadly easily be written if anything untoward should happen over built up areas at night or in imc.
Austers have never had the aaah factor of certain other marks, parts have possibly been a bit dodgy as engineers made do and mend - something that todays climate will probably not accept even if the engineers of today with their quality control and parts tracking systems could or would - so it will be sad to see the type continue its slide in numbers but perhaps it is inevitable.
Besides they take up too much hangar space and don't have fuel efficient Rotaxes
