Originally Posted by
rans6andrew
Further enguiries with the LAA inform me that the lower Vne/max speed figures are from the LAA having their say and these figures apply to both microlight and light aircraft versions when built in the UK. The higher figures are from the manufacturer and apply to the rest of the world.
Clearly the difference is due to the UK have special/different air to the rest of the world so we need to be restricted further for our own good. As usual.
Rans6....
Personally I prefer to think of it as independent and competent aviation professionals doing their jobs properly. (And I had nothing to do with these aeroplanes, so am taking no personal credit here.)
UK has just about the lowest fatal accident rate for light GA in the world, and an enormous fleet of types to choose from. On the whole, I think we're actually doing things about right by requiring at-least one suitably trained and experienced aeronautical professional, who is essentially independent, to have right of veto on new aircraft before people not qualified to form those sort of complex judgements get to fly those aeroplanes.
G