Semper fi Colin, I hope all is well and they let your bird leave the ground with you in it. We are all watching.
On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 2:56 PM, Chris Gardner via KRnet < krnet at list.krnet.org> wrote: > Thanks for the update Colin! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you as > well! > > Hope 2017 goes more smoothly for you on your KR2 World Tour from Japan > onwards. > > Be sure to stop over if you are ever back in Ontario Canada! Beer is on > me!( or anything else you need) > > Cheers > > Chris Gardiner > KR2S ? Ontario Canada > > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: colin hales via KRnet > Sent: December 20, 2016 2:18 PM > To: colin hales > Cc: colin hales > Subject: KR> That will do for the year!!! > > Hi all. > > > Lots of news I suppose, some might know I made it to Japan, just before > the winter arrived in Russia, some might not. I think this will be my big > rush to get home for Christmas now, so I'll make it into a Merry Christmas > and Happy new year to all update. > > > Today I got a definitive news from the Japanese JCAB. Basically it is a > big NO to flying through Japan for many more weeks. > > > I wanted to move the aircraft and have been told to move the plane by the > airport manager, but I can not as the Authorities won't give me permission > to fly? > > > They were annoyed with me for not moving it sooner. Now they seem > sympathetic to the fact that I am still here. I have to move the plane > though, because it is exposed and if it snows and it will, they can't move > the snow that easily because my plane is in the way... > > So I've had a bit of a rethink and come up with a plan B, that I will try > and stick to... Plan B is to take the wings off and find a garage or shed > to store the plane in here at Niigata. Not that easy, the hangars here are > mostly government coast guards or military. > > > So I might have to put it on a truck and take it 80 miles to a gliding > club where I have secured hangar space for the foreseeable future. > > > I need to go home and would like to stay until the first week in Feb, > about 6 weeks. This time would not be wasted and sitting here for three > weeks on my own and missing the festivities, trying to see if I can get > permission, is not a pleasant thought. > > > So I'm going to bale again, go home, regroup and have plenty of time to > get everything in place for my return, including all permissions, so I can > move swiftly on in the new year, > > > So thank you all for your assistance, those who have, it is most > appreciated. > > > I think I've got this covered and do not need any more help for a while. I > will be in touch in the new year with the much improved and focused home > run for Itzy and the Kr2 Worldtour. > > > So Merry Christmas and a happy New year to you all. > > > Regards, > > > Colin H. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > If you want to read the boring stuff below you can??? > > > Its the response from the JCAB. They referred back to the 1944 ICAO > agreements and I'm not going to argue with that. I'll just ask them for the > permission. I know I should have done this in the first place, but it was > not something I was going to bring up when trying to escape the Russian > winter. If they had clocked the error I would have been refused entry and > still be stuck in Russia till May apparently. So I am still on a winner... > > > I have some great contacts now and these permissions can be obtained in > good time. I have the contact of the lady who deals with the Red Bull Air > race permit applications as their aircraft mostly fly on a permit too. So I > know the forms and procedures, well I will when she sends them to me. I > need to wind back and not be too insistent as I was because I am just > sitting here wasting my time and money in hotels and about to miss > Christmas at home. > > > So this is the JCAB response. > > > Dear. Mr. Colin Hales > > article 31 of ICAO dated 7 December 1944 said ?Every aircraft engaged in > international navigation shall be provided with a certificate of > airworthiness issued or rendered valid by the state in which it is > registered?, article 5 said ????subject to the observance of the terms of > this Convention, to make flights into or in transit non-stop across its > territory and to make stops for non-traffic purposes without the necessity > of obtaining prior permission, ???" > Permit to FLY of your aircraft said ?does not constitute of airworthiness > issued pursuant to the ICAO? and ?This exemption is granted subject to the > condition that before flying within any other country, permission is > obtained from the appropriate authority of that country.? > According to the ICAO rules, every aircraft must have a valid > airworthiness certificate upon international flight. > AIP Japan article 2.1.1 is based on the ICAO rules, but your aircraft > don?t have an airworthiness certificate on ICAO standard, additionally, > your Permit to FLY is demand that you need to get permission from other > country authority. > Therefore, we think your aircraft need to obtain the permission from > appropriate authority of other country before fly to it country. > We are confirming it to Civil Aviation Authority of UK. > > Regard > > Toshihiro > Chief Official > Aviation Industries Division > Aviation Network Department > Japan Civil Aviation Bureau > > > > This is more information that arrived today. > > > Ok Colin, the Fed Bull planes are 90% American registered experimental > exhibition category aircraft. They apply for permission to make local > flights and this has been granted by JCAB each time they come for the race > but they are restricted to the race airport to the race track and back. > JCAB does not normally allow experimental aircraft out of the 9km radius of > the airport that the experimental is permitted to fly at. Without going > into detail, I have seen the occasional repositioning flight permitted. > > > So I have 4 re-positioning flights through Japan to acquire permission > for. Its a start. > > > CH. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org >
