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Old 6th July 2011 | 20:04
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From: Quite near 'An aerodrome somewhere in England'
In which case, perhaps we might need to increase the Microlight minima....?

'Microlights' were originally the result of a clandestine love affaire between a strimmer and a tent. The rules were written accordingly. Then more and more much more capable aircraft such as the Eurostar started to appear and fly under 'Microlight' rules never intended for such aircraft years earlier.

A few started to crow about how much better their 'Microlights' were than archaic old relics such as C150s. Whilst very true, we suggested that they should STFU if they didn't want some grown ups taking an unhealthy interest and starting to query why they weren't regulated as a C152 would be...

A line had to be drawn somewhere. In 9 years, no-one has proposed changing NPPL VFR minima.
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