Originally Posted by
Meldex
I often wonder how many aircraft there are, based on private strips, never visiting a big airport, that have no official C of A flown by pilots with no current licence. I reckon it happens quite a lot, particularly in big countries like Canada, USA and Australia where you are often far away from authority.
I recall one in Scotland a few years ago where somebody was doing nicely for years flying his own aeroplane with no current licence, permit or oversight - until he had a runway overrun at a small flying club whose chairman was the local procurator fiscal (that's public prosecutor to non-Scots). His life went somewhat downhill after that!
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