Using N registered aircraft for renewals

[Fokkerwokker]

I have been going cross-eyed trying to find a previous thread on this.

Does anyone have the link to where I can find the whys and wherefores of using an N registered aircraft in the UK to renew a JAR MEP please?

ISTR the conditions are quite onerous?

Ta for any pointers

FW

[S-Works]

Yes you can. I do it frequently for people who operate N and still want to maintain JAR ratings. I hold both FAA and JAA CPLs so have no problem with PIC or remuneration etc.

*forget to say you will need DofT approval. This is very simple, just fax docs to DofT and they will issue an approval. I have yet to see the CAA want to inspect an aircraft for a revalidation flight.

[BEagle]

Fokkerwokker, from LASORS:

A19 TRAINING AND TESTING ON
FOREIGN REGISTERED AIRCRAFT

Flight tests and training in foreign registered aircraft in
the UK are subject to both airworthiness and licensing
restrictions. If ‘valuable consideration’ is to be given to
the examiner or instructor then the aircraft is being used
for aerial work and the flight is subject to ANO Article
140. Prior to undertaking such a flight, the operator of
the foreign registered aircraft must obtain an Operating
Permit from the Department for Transport (contact 020
7944 5806/5847). The Department for Transport will only
consider granting these Operating Permits under certain
limited circumstances. This requirement applies equally to
JAA member state registered aircraft as to any other state
registrations.

In addition, before acting as pilot-in-command of a foreign
registered aircraft, the licensing requirements of the state
of registration must be met in accordance with ANO
Article 26(3). For ‘N’ registered aircraft, U.S. Federal Air
Regulations (FARs) 61.3(a)(1) states that ‘when the aircraft
is operated within a foreign country a current pilot licence
issued by that country in which the aircraft is operated
may be used’. In the case of ‘Mutually Recognised’ JAA
member state aircraft, a valid JAA licence should be
sufficient. However, The holders of JAA licences and
UK National licences must still meet the requirements of
ANO Article 26(3) and ensure that their licences ‘rendered
valid’ by the foreign licensing authority. In all cases the
requirements of Article 36 must also be met with regard to
the entitlement to give instruction and to examine in such
aircraft.

Also to comply with JAR-FCL 1 and 2, approval has to be
sought from the Approvals Section of Personnel Licensing
Department or Flight Operations Department, as
appropriate, who may require an inspection of the aircraft
and its documentation to ensure it is fit for the purpose. An
application for a licence or rating should be accompanied
with copies of all supporting paperwork.