Originally Posted by
muffin
What a nice looking little machine. I could also be very interested if it is possible somehow to fly one here.
In accordance with the 1980 ECAC agreement, to which the UK was a signatory, 'home built' aircraft should be permitted unrestricted access to airspace of other ECAC countries airspace.
However, as we all know, the air in the UK is 'special' and does not behave like the air in the other ECAC states, so our wonderful CAA, in its infinite wisdom, decided to adopt additional restrictions.
During the gold-plating challenge a couple of years ago, I emailed the CAA asking why it had gold-plated this agreement and asked for it to be reviewed. Here's the link to the CAA's published response - see Page 9 for my query.
http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/33/CAP1337GAunitgoldplateresponse(Dec15).pdf
Here's a link to the ECAC signatories and their individual arrangements. You'll see that the UK CAA is the only one that limits the length of stay to 28 consecutive days and any longer requires prior CAA approval.
https://www.ecac-ceac.org/documents/10189/0/HomeBuiltAircraft2015-09.pdf/f6a1d257-bb36-4a89-9043-bc49387663c7
So until someone is prepared to shell out tens of thousands to get a UK permit to fly and modify the Heli to meet JAR VLH requirements, don't hold your breath!
Interestingly, you could take your UK registered Rotorway on a Permit to Fly into many of the other ECAC states without restriction. Hardly seems equitable..... Which leads me to my conclusion that the air in the UK must be special!
JJ