Oh and Australia is not like that ........?

HighFlyer75,

Increasingly, there are FAA A&Ps and AIs around Australia, with the way CASA requirements for maintenance are going, having N (or other) registered aircraft in Australia will become increasingly popular.

The maintenance requirements of FAA Part 91/43 make far more sense than Australian (particularly the new) regulations.

If you are operating on an AOC, the aircraft does not have to be VH-

Already a quite significant proportion of the executive jets owned by Australian companies are on the likes of the Bermuda or Isle of Mann register.

Tootle pip!!

Not as bad yet, but the companies can be difficult. Do know of an (ahem) "American" gentleman who flipped his moth on landing.
Story goes insurance paid the aircraft out and he then decided to sue the testing officer doing his flight review for "letting him" flip it. Insuracne had "already settled" and passed it on.:hmm:

A it of a thread resurrection (only because I am thinking of bringing in a couple of N reg a/c to Aus), but has the prevalence of N reg a/c and FAA A&Ps/AIs increased over the years or has there been any developments in regulations around foreign a/c based in Aus? I have searche CASA (and the web, which led me to this thread), but haven't found much..


Thanks in advance...


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Talk to michael smith. There appear to be useful reasons for n registration

I happen to be an FAA Flight Instructor so if anyone needs an FAA Flight Review, let me know. I'm based in Sydney. :ok:

Yes! In fact he had two, if I recall correctly.
Up the food chain a bit, there are quite a few Australian based executive jets and bigger helicopters on N or other ( Bermuda etc.) registers, based in Australia.

Years back, it always amused me that a Chief Engineer of a fleet of Bermuda registered aircraft, based in Australia, was a Director of CASA.

Tootle pip!!

I reckon that you may mean Boyd? I understand that he had one based in the UK and one in OZ. I had the "pleasure" of having a trip with him in his OZ aircraft to the AOPA AGM at Moree in 2000.

IIRC, he was trying to wrest control of the AOPA presidency from Bill Hamilton.

It was an enlightening weekend of contrasting, massive egos for me..

AaaaahhhhH!!!, the good old days??
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