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Hi All,
After 3 years of persistence the UK CAA have finally agreed to Transfer my F22A from a UK CAA Annexe2 to a National Permit system, in line with the other older tail dragger Taylorcrafts currently operating in the UK.
However it has raised some interesting dialogue with the CAA and in turn the FAA and I quote from the letter received from the UK CAA : " The FAA has recently provided the CAA with updated information regarding the status of the Type Certificate Holder of the Taylorcraft F22. They have reported that that the latest owner of the TC is planning on selling the TC.
In summary the FAA believe that the current TC holder doe's not have adequate support systems in place and they ( FAA ) have stated that it will probably be a long time before there are spare parts available for the aircraft from the QEM "
The letter explains that the UK CAA view my aircraft as being without effective support and in view of it's unique status ( The only one on the UK Register and only one of it's kind in Europe ) they have decided that it is no longer eligible to hold a National Certificate of Airworthiness and should be treated as an exceptional case and they ( UK CAA ) would be willing for it to be transferred to a National Permit to fly
Clearly this raises interesting issue's with regard to the factory and the other TC's for the older models. Are they planning to sell the TC on for the F22 series ie the newer type models and just stick with the older models where the numbers game would make it profitable to produce spares or perhaps sell the whole Taylorcraft enterprise yet again?
Your guess is as good as mine but if the Foundation is interested in making a purchase, like was muted before, now might be a good time to make a move!
After 3 years of persistence the UK CAA have finally agreed to Transfer my F22A from a UK CAA Annexe2 to a National Permit system, in line with the other older tail dragger Taylorcrafts currently operating in the UK.
However it has raised some interesting dialogue with the CAA and in turn the FAA and I quote from the letter received from the UK CAA : " The FAA has recently provided the CAA with updated information regarding the status of the Type Certificate Holder of the Taylorcraft F22. They have reported that that the latest owner of the TC is planning on selling the TC.
In summary the FAA believe that the current TC holder doe's not have adequate support systems in place and they ( FAA ) have stated that it will probably be a long time before there are spare parts available for the aircraft from the QEM "
The letter explains that the UK CAA view my aircraft as being without effective support and in view of it's unique status ( The only one on the UK Register and only one of it's kind in Europe ) they have decided that it is no longer eligible to hold a National Certificate of Airworthiness and should be treated as an exceptional case and they ( UK CAA ) would be willing for it to be transferred to a National Permit to fly
Clearly this raises interesting issue's with regard to the factory and the other TC's for the older models. Are they planning to sell the TC on for the F22 series ie the newer type models and just stick with the older models where the numbers game would make it profitable to produce spares or perhaps sell the whole Taylorcraft enterprise yet again?
Your guess is as good as mine but if the Foundation is interested in making a purchase, like was muted before, now might be a good time to make a move!