There are a whole host of benefits getting away from the caa , as you can imagine. Some of the best are no type ratings so one checkride does the lot. No night rating as that is all done as part of your licence. You can fly the N reg abroad and IFR , if on your licence. A joy
I would always advocate having an aircraft on the N reg for simplicity and cost. Of course if you dont really want to fly but have a huge appetite for filling in paperwork and answering daft questions like " do you intend to ever land off airfield ???" then go G-
