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Transport secretary Grant Shapps talks to FLYER

Grants Shapps LAA Rally
Grant Shapps in discussion with FLYER's Ian Seager when Secretary of State for Transport

+VIDEO Secretary of State for Transport, the Rt Hon Grant Shapps, stopped by the FLYER stand at the weekend’s LAA Rally for a brief interview with Ian Seager.

We had the opportunity to pose three questions – Mr Shapps was on a whistle-stop tour of the Rally after flying in using his own Piper Saratoga – so concentrated on:

  • An update on the DfT’s plan to make the UK, The Best Place In The World for General Aviation (GA)
  • More airfields, less controlled airspace
  • Why the CAA/DfT is making life hard for pilots flying N-reg aircraft on a US licence

Here’s a video of the interview:

 

 

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