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
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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.
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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 B
