which means finding an FAA examiner
or rather an FAA CFI or CFII. There are plenty of those in the UK willing to do the BFR for a few beers and a couple of hours in the air.
I think most members of an FAA sydicate will already be FAA licence holders, which is why they're looking into an N reg syndicate. Its something I've thought about long and hard and will one day do it....
A REALLY [relative term when talking about aircraft] cheap way to import an N reg is from Japan. Japan has some laws saying that after an aircraft is 10 years old, the main wing spar has to be removed and examined. This can cost upto $300,000 for a multi so is rarely worth doing. I know someone who bought a Seneca II in Japan for $15,000, and brought it back to the USA. As these aircraft are invariably built originally in the US, its not too hard to have the N reg reactivated by and FAA inspector. Cost him $25,000 to fly back, $15,000 of which were airline tickets for russian navigators and the FAA inspectors. a cheaper alternative would have been to ship the A/C back, which would have cost $1800 plus associated costs......Probably looking at $60,000 for a reasonable Seneca or similar, flying again on the N reg.
Anyway, there's ways and means....
Cheers
EA
