Description of aircraft mess in S10

The table below shows how the various types of microlight are described in different parts of Section 10. These are all different, completely illogical, and a source of considerable confusion. Would it not be more sensible to rationalise aircraft description right across the document?

The two right hand columns ("A" and "B") contain 2 different possibilities, there are many others, all of which must be better than what we have at the moment.....

 
Actual Microlight type S10 1.3 S10 3.1 S10 Annex 3, 2.1 A B
Three axis / Single seat / Landplane Class 1 R1, Group 2 FSC Type 1 F-1-L
Three axis / Two seat / Landplane Class 1 R1, Group 2 FTS Type 2 F-2-L
Weightshift / Single seat / Landplane Class 2 R1, Group 1 WSC Type 3 W-1-L
Weightshift / Two seat / Landplane Class 2 R1, Group 1 WTS Type 4 W-2-L
Powered Hang Glider / Single seat / Landplane Class 3 R4   Type 5 PHG-1-L
Powered Hang Glider / Two seat / Landplane Class 3 R4   Type 6 PHG-2-L
Powered Paraglider / Single seat / Landplane Class 4, PPG R5 PPG Type 7 PPG-1-L
Powered Paraglider / Two seat / Landplane Class 4, PPG R5   Type 8 PPG-2-L
Powered Paraglider trike / Single seat / Landplane Class 4, PPT     Type 9 PPT-1-L
Powered Paraglider trike / Two seat / Landplane Class 4, PPT     Type 10 PPT-2-L
Three axis / Single seat / Seaplane Class 1 R2, Group 2 FSC Type 11 F-1-S
Three axis / Two seat / Seaplane Class 1 R2, Group 2 FTS Type 12 F-2-S
Weightshift / Single seat / Seaplane Class 2 R2, Group 1 WSC Type 13 W-1-S
Weightshift / Two seat / Seaplane Class 2 R2, Group 1 WTS Type 14 W-2-S
Powered Hang Glider / Single seat / Seaplane Class 3 R4   Type 15 PHG-1-S
Powered Hang Glider / Two seat / Seaplane Class 3 R4   Type 16 PHG-2-S
Powered Paraglider / Single seat / Seaplane Class 4, PPG R5 PPG Type 17 PPG-1-S
Powered Paraglider / Two seat / Seaplane Class 4, PPG R5   Type 18 PPG-2-S
Powered Paraglider trike / Single seat / Seaplane Class 4, PPT     Type 19 PPT-1-S
Powered Paraglider trike / Two seat / Seaplane Class 4, PPT     Type 20 PPT-2-S
Three axis / Single seat / Amphibian Class 1 R3, Group 2 FSC Type 21 F-1-A
Three axis / Two seat / Amphibian Class 1 R3, Group 2 FTS Type 22 F-2-A
Weightshift / Single seat / Amphibian Class 2 R3, Group 1 WSC Type 23 W-1-A
Weightshift / Two seat / Amphibian Class 2 R3, Group 1 WTS Type 24 W-2-A
Powered Hang Glider / Single seat / Amphibian Class 3 R4   Type 25 PHG-1-A
Powered Hang Glider / Two seat / Amphibian Class 3 R4   Type 26 PHG-2-A
Powered Paraglider / Single seat / Amphibian Class 4, PPG R5 PPG Type 27 PPG-1-A
Powered Paraglider / Two seat / Amphibian Class 4, PPG R5   Type 28 PPG-2-A
Powered Paraglider trike / Single seat / Amphibian Class 4, PPT     Type 29 PPT-1-A
Powered Paraglider trike / Two seat / Amphibian Class 4, PPT     Type 30 PPT-2-A

Last Updated on 27/08/99
By rmh