Originally Posted by
Rj2d
If buying a used model, don't all these rules and regulations depend on whether it has been registered by its current owner under CS-VLA, CS-22 (glider/powered glider), or locally as a ULM/ultralight/microlight.
If the aircraft is currently registered CS-VLA, a lot of the licensing issues disappear, EASA aircraft and EASA licence, so just get your SEP renewed/revalidated on your British ATPL, and then you can fly it home on its current reg.
If registered under CS-22, similarly, wouldn't you just need TMG class rating added to your UK license, and it could then be flown home in its current reg?
If registered locally as ULM... I have no idea, see advice from people who know about that sort of thing.
However, having done some cross-European VFR flying in a rotax powered VLA (very recently), would be happy to advise on some routing/night stops worth making!
Err, no.
It's got an ICAO compliance CofA (which might have been against 22, 23, VLA or something older like the old BCAR K) or it hasn't (including microlights and homebuilts, some of which can have been designed and approved against 23 or VLA).
CofA aircraft get automatic overflight permission, sub-ICAO / non-CofA don't and need to apply (and in Belgium, pay) for it.
G