Post by ronturner on Aug 23, 2017 12:59:08 GMT 1
Well after 53 years of flying and 43 years of aeroplane ownership (initially as part owner) I finally had to admit defeat today. I saw my beloved G-AXVB fly away in someone else's arms and it was very upsetting.
I have managed to comply with, deny, circumvent, find alternatives to many of the obstacles, unfair costs, pointless bureaucracies, EASA and all the other sh*t they have thrown at me, in an attempt to stop me ( and many like me) from flying
The last straw? BREXIT. the value of my income and savings have diminished to an extent where some life changes are necessary. Added to that the uncertainty of operating a G reg. aeroplane in Europe after March 2019.
What is upsetting is that I have beaten the bureaucrats but have been done in by my fellow citizens and some of my family.
I am not crying poverty, and I will probably find a way to keep flying somehow, but my days of aeroplane ownership are over.I have lived the dream, which is more than many have been able to do.
Here is a pic of our machine with my co owner Janette and our first daughter in 1975.
Here is a picture taken just yesterday, we me looking quite a bit older and the aeroplane if anything looking almost like new. Just look at my reflexion in the paintwork.
I have managed to comply with, deny, circumvent, find alternatives to many of the obstacles, unfair costs, pointless bureaucracies, EASA and all the other sh*t they have thrown at me, in an attempt to stop me ( and many like me) from flying
The last straw? BREXIT. the value of my income and savings have diminished to an extent where some life changes are necessary. Added to that the uncertainty of operating a G reg. aeroplane in Europe after March 2019.
What is upsetting is that I have beaten the bureaucrats but have been done in by my fellow citizens and some of my family.
I am not crying poverty, and I will probably find a way to keep flying somehow, but my days of aeroplane ownership are over.I have lived the dream, which is more than many have been able to do.
Here is a pic of our machine with my co owner Janette and our first daughter in 1975.
Here is a picture taken just yesterday, we me looking quite a bit older and the aeroplane if anything looking almost like new. Just look at my reflexion in the paintwork.
