Originally Posted by
Unusual Attitude
Thanks for the info gents, just trying to get a few options lined up before deciding the way forward.
Max 28 days per year in the UK wouldn't be an issue as it would only be required for test flying, the races themselves are likely to all be outside of the UK for the moment (Europe and US)
Can this still be done however given that I'm a none US citizen?
Regards
UA
Might be worth dropping me a line if you need some specialist help - this sort of thing is within my skillset.
The UK CAA is generally pretty comfortable about sub-ICAO aeroplanes with some form of existing permission to fly being brought into the UK for a short period (3 months is rarely much of a problem), so long as they can see you've got a sensible structure behind it for your flight test activities, the flying you want to do would have been legal in the state of registry, and liability (3rd party and passenger) insurance is in place.
Many people have brought such aeroplanes into the UK for evaluation purposes for a declared fixed period of time, without any particular concerns anywhere.
Your test pilot needs a 61.75 derivative PPL on the back of his EASA/UK/whatever licence, and you need to declare your plans to CAA GA department at Gatwick who'll normally be pretty helpful. Citizenship's not generally an issue.
G