Abid
AR-1 gyro manufacturer
- Joined
- Oct 31, 2011
- Messages
- 6,257
- Location
- Tampa, FL
- Aircraft
- AR-1
- Total Flight Time
- 4000+ 560 gyroplanes. Sport CFI Gyro and Trikes. Pilot Airplane
I am not an apologist for EU regulation or subsidy but speaking from the perspective of the UK market - it isn't EU tariffs that are stopping US manufactures selling gyroplane in the UK it is merely the technical regulatory barriers that no US maker wishes to climb over. That isn't a criticism of the US makers because quite frankly no UK maker even wants to engage with the insanity of it all either! Very sadly the UK market is dominated in formative / regulatory aspect by people who are and have been utterly short sighted.
One of the biggest mistakes that has distracted AutoGyro in recent years is this obsession with certified aircraft for commercial usage egged on by a well known flight trainer because it suited his own commercial aims. Today the chickens are coming home.
Its true UK does not have this fee or duty I mentioned. France and Germany certainly do. I don't think its a EU thing. Its individual countries in Europe. Let this Covid thing settle. I fully intend to work through LAA for BCAR Sec T compliant kit for UK market. But no chance of an A-1 company for fully built machines. That is ridiculous for UK market size given the wait and expense and headaches it takes
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