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This page is provided to help our non-UK friends with information on how to obtain permission from the CAA to fly Permit aircraft into the UK.
For full details please see: http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/CAP747.PDF
Important bits in RED below!
GC No. 6 Flight in
Aircraft
(Previously issued as Airworthiness Notice No. 52, Issue 5, 31
October 2008.)
1 Article 8 of the United Kingdom Air Navigation Order 2005
prohibits the flight of
foreign registered home-built aircraft in
aircraft cannot hold an ICAO Certificate of Airworthiness
(issued to comply with the
Convention on International Civil Aviation dated 7 December
1944), which Article 8
requires. The CAA may grant exemptions from Article 8 of the
Order and so allow
foreign registered home-built aircraft to fly in
(GC) provides such an exemption and explains what is required of
the owners of
aircraft who wish to make use of it.
2 In June 1980 the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC)
recommended that
Member States should allow home-built aircraft holding a
(non-ICAO) Permit to Fly or
equivalent document issued by another
restrictions other than those stated on the Permit to Fly or
equivalent document. The
CAA implemented this recommendation on behalf of the
an Exemption within Issue 1 of CAP 455 Airworthiness Notice No.
52 from
compliance with the appropriate provisions of the Air Navigation
Order relating to
Certificates of Airworthiness.
3 Since the exemption was issued European Union legislative
changes have removed
certain constraints on aircraft ownership. As a result of these
changes the exemption
issued by the CAA could be a mechanism for importing into the
registered home-built aircraft that has not been shown to comply
with
requirements. The CAA considers that the intent of the ECAC
agreement was to
permit over flight and short-term visits only. The CAA also has
concerns over the level
of airworthiness regulation that the States of Registry would be
able to exercise
during prolonged periods of operation in other States. To
address these issues a new
exemption, with revised conditions, has been issued as Appendix
1 to this GC.
4 The conditions of the exemption require that, before
flying a foreign home-built aircraft in
a) send to the CAA the information specified in
Schedule 1 to the exemption;
b) obtain an acknowledgement from the CAA; and
c) ensure that the documents specified in Schedule 2
to the exemption are available for inspection on demand by the CAA when the
aircraft is in the
5 A
Form for sending the required information to the CAA is given as Schedule 1
to this GC. The information should be submitted by e-mail to:
NOTE: This e-mail
address should not be used for any other purpose
An
acknowledgement will be sent by e-mail. A paper copy of the acknowledgement
must be
kept available for inspection when the aircraft is in the
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CAP 747 Mandatory Requirements for Airworthiness
Section 2, Part 4, GC No. 6 Page 2
6 Contact details for enquiries:
Applications and Approvals Department
2E, Aviation House
RH6 0YR
Fax: + 44 1293 57 3860
E-Mail: aanda@caa.co.uk
7 Where there is a need for a foreign registered home-built
aircraft to be in the
more than 28 days in one calendar year, a specific exemption
must be applied for.
Application must be made to the Applications and Approvals
Department at the above
address.
8 Any person flying a foreign registered home-built aircraft in
the
with the terms of the exemption at Appendix 1 (or obtaining an
alternative exemption
from the CAA) may be flying in breach of Article 8 of the Air
Navigation Order 2005
and be liable to prosecution.
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Section 2, Part 4, GC No. 6 Page 3
Appendix 1 to GC No. 6
(Previously issued as Airworthiness Notice No. 52, Appendix 1,
Issue 4, 29 March 2006.)
Air
Navigation Order (2005) Exemption
1
Exemption for Foreign Registered Home-built Aircraft
In order to facilitate over flight and visits to the
aircraft, the Civil Aviation Authority, in exercise of its
powers under Article 153 of the
Air Navigation Order 2005, hereby exempts, subject to paragraph
2, any home-built
aircraft registered in a
the provisions of Article 8 of the said Order to the extent
necessary to enable the
aircraft to fly in accordance with the Permit to Fly or
equivalent document issued by
the State of
2
Conditions of Exemption
This exemption is granted subject to the following conditions:
a) The aircraft shall not be flown over any assembly of persons
or over any congested
area of a city, town or settlement.
b) The aircraft shall not be flown for the purpose of public
transport or aerial work.
c) The aircraft shall be flown only in accordance with daytime
Visual Flight Rules.
d) The conditions, limitations and restrictions applicable under
the Permit to Fly or
equivalent document issued by the State of
e) The aircraft shall not remain in the
more than 28 days in any one calendar year.
f) Prior to each visit to the
information specified in Schedule 1 to this exemption.
g) The owner of the aircraft shall ensure that the documents
specified in Schedule 2
to this exemption are available for inspection by the CAA on
demand when the
aircraft is in the
3 The exemption to Article 8 of
the Air Navigation Order 2000 dated 22 March 2002 is
hereby revoked
4 This exemption shall have
effect from the date hereof until revoked.
D
for the Civil Aviation Authority and the
Dated 29 March 2006
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Section 2, Part 4, GC No. 6 Page 4
Schedule 1 to GC No. 6
(Previously issued as Airworthiness Notice No. 52, Schedule 1,
Issue 3, 31 October 2008.)
Prior to each visit by a foreign registered home-built aircraft
to the
exemption provided with this GC the owner of the aircraft shall
forward to the CAA the
information specified in this Schedule 1 as set out below:
Information required for foreign registered home-built aircraft
exemption
To:
Applications and Approvals Department
2E, Aviation House
RH6 0YR
Or by E-mail: an52exemption@caa.co.uk
Aircraft
Registration
Aircraft
Type
Intended
date of entry to the
Intended
date of exit from the
Name of
Aircraft owner
Address
of Aircraft owner
Date of
issue of Permit to Fly or equivalent document (as issued by the State of
The
date on which the Permit to Fly or equivalent document becomes invalid.
Important Note: The Permit or equivalent document must be valid for the full period
of the visit.
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Section 2, Part 4, GC No. 6 Page 5
Schedule 2 to GC No. 6
(Previously issued as Airworthiness Notice No. 52, Schedule 2,
Issue 1, 29 March 2006.)
Documents
to be made available for inspection by the CAA
Whenever a foreign registered home-built aircraft is visiting
the
exemption provided with this GC the owner of the aircraft shall
ensure that the documents
specified in this Schedule 2, as set out below, are available
for inspection by the CAA on
demand:
• a valid Permit to Fly or equivalent document for the aircraft
issued by the State of
• a copy of the CAA’s email acknowledgement of having received
the data specified in Schedule 1
to this GC; and
• a valid insurance certificate or document as appropriate.
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Enjoy your flying in the
Dave Bosomworth