"On the topic of politicians with possible aviation interests, I just noticed Clive Palmer's jet (M-ATAR) isn't on the VH register."
Bankie, Clive's just being smart, if he's only using his aircraft privately why would he want to pay three times as much to maintain it if it was on the Australian register? Also much easier to sell overseas when he wants to upgrade, Australian reg's are not recognized elsewhere so selling an aircraft that's been maintained here becomes a nightmare and severely reduces its sale price. Get used to it the wealthy will more and more choose foreign registration as happened in Europe and the UK.
Last edited by thorn bird; 1st Nov 2013 at 05:32.