Originally Posted by
jonkil
If you didn't want to actually go places.....!
How about from Ireland to Prague and back in a weekend via a couple of other European countries for a spot of Site-seeing for the fun of it... in a microlight, burning less than 10 Litres P/H of Mogas, on a licence THAT is valid in other European countries, on a medical that is peanuts...... Then I suppose our low energy/lightweight plastic toys are back in the dark ages......... NOT.
You can go places VFR on a cost that makes sence in a plane that out performs almost anything out there on a like for like basis.
Im sure the NPPL M allows microlights, to fly into Europe, however I think I read somewhere, that Ireland and Norway, don't recognise microlights ! I might be wrong here, anyone with better knowledge ?