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Old 31st May 2008, 15:42
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moosp

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No Francis is not the President of the HK Aviation Club. He is on the committee though.

To put a private aircraft at Shek Kong you require membership of the Aviation Club, and permission from them to put it there. The first is easy, the second more difficult. If they choose, they will then apply to the PLA Air Wing for permission for you.

You will need to assure CAD that your aircraft type has engineering cover in HK. The HKAC engineers have pretty broad experience but if you have composites or glass cockpit, like a Cirrus, there is as far as I know no cover.

There is no hangarage at Shek Kong. All aircraft are kept outside on the tarmac, with the occasional relief for the Cap 10 in the engineering hangar. The summer sun is not good for paintwork or plastics.

First of type into Hong Kong is very complicated, and CAD Airworthiness section will demand that all registration work is done through the HKAC. They will eventually put the phone down on you if you try to negotiate yourself. They will demand such things as a flight test carried out to the requirements of the UK CAA (who them in China?? Why not the CAAC requirements, which are very close to FAA?). The may require a manufacturers test pilot to do the flight test, who will have to pass the HK Air law exam before he flies in HK.

If you have an interesting machine it may be worth your while leaving it in SZX in a hangar there, and putting it on the Chinese register. An FBO is being set up with China Southern and they have smart HK managers on the case.

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