Twins over London
I know the issue of single-engined light aircraft over London has been done to death on here, but I just had a question with regards to twins.
It's often been said on here that twins are exempt from the glide clear rule, hence you could legally accept a clearance in a Seneca in the City class D over central London, but where is this actually specified?
The rules just say that you must be able to glide free in the event of 'a power unit failure', and that helicopters are exempt. Is it made explicit somewhere that it's ok if you have two engines?
To be clear, I'm just a pedant who is interested in the legality of it (clearly illegal in a single) - I'm not wanting to start a discussion on whether it's a good idea to sightsee over central London in a light aircraft!
Last edited by slw29; 8th Nov 2013 at 14:53.