Foreign registered a/c based in UK...

[dave]

hi,
    i've got high cloud now so just keeping a eye out for low stuff or Manchester deps south bound, and a thought came to me, and you know what they say the stupidest question is the one you don't ask... so, is there any advantage in using a foreign reg, cause apart from the shed load of US regs, i'm watching VH-LNJ a P.28A  from either Egginton or Tatenhill i think as its circling them.

regards,
             dave...

[lordevanelpuss]

Jun 15, 2022 12:42:06 GMT dave said:

hi,
    i've got high cloud now so just keeping a eye out for low stuff or Manchester deps south bound, and a thought came to me, and you know what they say the stupidest question is the one you don't ask... so, is there any advantage in using a foreign reg, cause apart from the shed load of US regs, i'm watching VH-LNJ a P.28A  from either Egginton or Tatenhill i think as its circling them.

regards,
             dave...

Not a stupid question in my opinion. I am far from being a financial whizz-kid, but in most cases I think it's a financial thing (many business aircraft being registered in places like the Channel Islands, Cayman Islands etc) Whether this is the case with your PA28 I don't know. I mourne for the days when, if you saw an Italian aircraft, it had an I- registration; or D- for German aircraft. And you could be pretty sure that's where the aircraft was flown from.

[graham]

I'm sure we have members here who would know the ins and outs of this but as far as N reg aircraft are concerned, I believe any American citizen living abroad can operate an aircraft with the N prefix.