As I was saying, the fly-in was great!
Wing pic with nice coastline:
Irish passport card can definitely be used to enter UK (from anywhere, not just from Ireland), I understand. ID cards from EU countries aren’t accepted any more, unless the holder has pre-settled or settled status in the UK. My European colleagues tell me that it is not as uncommon as you might think that a lot of EU citizens do not have a passport, unlike in the UK when virtually everyone has one (or at least they did before it became nearly impossible to renew). There isn’t a official ID card for British citizens.
A group of us came to the UK 2018 and all we needed were our ID cards. And we did show them to border force officials in the UK.
Peter wrote:
Until a couple of years ago you didn’t need a passport to go to the UK. One just had to show our identity card.This is really digressing but I don’t think so. The ID card option was available UK-Ireland, I think, until about 30 years ago.
Irish Passport Card can still be used to enter the UK, I think UK BF has already confirmed it a few times. Even after Brexit.
Until a couple of years ago you didn’t need a passport to go to the UK. One just had to show our identity card.
This is really digressing but I don’t think so. The ID card option was available UK-Ireland, I think, until about 30 years ago.
Until a couple of years ago you didn’t need a passport to go to the UK. One just had to show our identity card.
Btw you need a visa for Egypt.
dutch_flyer wrote:
But in Europe I fail to understand why anyone would not have a passport.
Because you normally do not need it for travelling within the EU 
europaxs wrote:
It’s just that I currently don’t feel like getting a passport issued just to hop over the channel.
I’m with Peter on this one. I cannot understand why one would not have a passport. I come from a country (the US) where many (if not most) people don’t have a passport, but you can also travel large distances without needing one. But in Europe I fail to understand why anyone would not have a passport. I loathe the few weeks I have to go without mine whenever I renew it!
Peter, my answer was merely related to your comment regarding “Schengen only travellers”. Don’t get me wrong, I have been to the UK (and btw. many other countries outside Schengen area) several times and I do like the country very much! It’s just that I currently don’t feel like getting a passport issued just to hop over the channel.
I don’t think that concession applies to GA flights to Egypt, handlers ak for passport numbers and in B737, I think it’s only for pre-booked tours?
Of course.
True. Good thing is, that I can get one issued anytime, if I feel the need
I am not a philosopher, so I struggle to understand this, in the context here. Basically it is a voluntary deprivation of one’s travel capability. It doesn’t explain why travelling to a meet-up in the UK is difficult.
