On the subject of preserving privileges, etc, here is the latest CASA plan for
removal of privileges:
Last Saturday, at a Warbirds meeting in Sydney, CASA revealed plans to do away with experimental certification for ex-military aircraft. In about six months, the CASA rep said, any warbirds with experimental certificates will have them cancelled and must re-certify in Limited, because, according to the secretary of AWAL, experimental warbirds are robbing the association of income, he called it “membership leakage”.
This comes on top of the recent CASA announcement to introduce tough new maintenance requirements for experimental home builts. But then, according to the CASA web-site, it looks like the same CASA person is responsible in both cases.
