Pipestrel in the UK
Thanks everyone for the advice. Having only ever owned CofA SEP aircraft before, this is all a bit of a minefield, clearly. I naively thought there was a Europe-wide class called ELA like the US-wide LSA class which could happily move around the EASA airspace without much hassle. I should know better by now where European regulation is concerned. Sounds like even a new Pipistrel Virus is out of the question, which is a pity - I've flown the one now in France, and it was a fantastic aircraft, far nicer (and faster) than a Flight Design SW.