Been searching the web and it seems they are on an EASA permit which all appears to be very grey to my poor little brain.
To answer what I really want:
Cheep flying for the next 10 - 20 years
An aircraft I can do more to than change the plugs and polish. I'm handy with spanners, but not a certified aero engineer, though I would like to be able to do stuff like a basic oil change etc without paying a fortune for it to be done.
Something totally modern.
I'm not keen on the kit route, I've probably got the ability (done a couple of courses where they thought I would probably do OK), but truth is I just want to fly, like now.
My master plan was to buy a Chipmunk and then syndicate it, recovering most of the capital to buy a SportCruiser. I'm not all that convinced that a Chipmunk syndicate is viable, hence I'm now considering just bunging all the capital at the SportCruiser
for my own Private use.
So assuming I can buy a SportCruiser factory built and fly it on an EASA permit as a G reg, do I need a certified engineer to do the maintenance? Would this be a different story if it was a kit built version?
