Yes the deadline was 1st dec for a new type responsbility agreement, which has now passed. Ther announcement is on the Auster Club web site at
www.austerclub.org
The Committee of the International Auster Club confirm that no Type Responsibility Agreement (TRA) has been established for UK Auster series aeroplanes and they will no longer be eligible for Certificates of Airworthiness (C of A).
The CAA are now initiating a programme of transferring UK registered Austers to Permit to Fly and owners will have the option of having their Permit administered either by the Popular Flying Association (PFA) or the CAA.
A Letter to Owners/Operators (LTO) will shortly be published by the CAA outlining initial information on the intended change. Detailed discussions between the CAA and PFA are still ongoing so updates will be provided in due course.
Overseas owners will need to liaise with their national airworthiness authorities to find out what arrangements will apply to them, although it may be some time before the CAA notifies their overseas counterparts of these arrangements.
Please try to refrain from contacting the Committee, the CAA or the PFA for further information as this will only serve to delay the output of information being prepared at this time.
More information will appear on this website as the situation is clarified and it is expected that the LTO will appear on the CAA website, to which there is a link below.
Peter J Gill, Hon Secretary - 4 December 2007
It would be interesting to have views on those Austers presently being resotred to fly, which doubtless have been collating the paperwork and using approved parts.