Sat Dec 19, 2009 10:38 am
#812117
Goodday all,
I have searched this forum for some more information regarding the following question, but did not find a satisfactory answer. I hope some of you can help me out here.
Basically, I want to know if I can fly (and land) in vfr at night, with a belgian JAR PPL with night rating (but without instrument rating!) on a UK airfield (in this specific case: the channel islands).
I searched the internet and came to the following conclusions:
* night vfr is not allowed in UK
* at night, you must always file an IFR flight plan
* however, you can fly this flightplan without instrument rating (????)
* because of the missing instrument rating, entering CTR's will be under "special vfr"
==> so in practice, night vfr is allowed.
Is this reasoning correct ? I find it a bit strange.
Then some follow-up questions:
* if the above is correct, does my plane has to be ifr certified, or just night vfr certified ?
* if I fly from France to the channel islands, is it possible to start the "ifr part" of the flightplan at the border, or does the whole flightplan has to be ifr ?
Thank you very much for any advice,
Kind regards,
Digits
I have searched this forum for some more information regarding the following question, but did not find a satisfactory answer. I hope some of you can help me out here.
Basically, I want to know if I can fly (and land) in vfr at night, with a belgian JAR PPL with night rating (but without instrument rating!) on a UK airfield (in this specific case: the channel islands).
I searched the internet and came to the following conclusions:
* night vfr is not allowed in UK
* at night, you must always file an IFR flight plan
* however, you can fly this flightplan without instrument rating (????)
* because of the missing instrument rating, entering CTR's will be under "special vfr"
==> so in practice, night vfr is allowed.
Is this reasoning correct ? I find it a bit strange.
Then some follow-up questions:
* if the above is correct, does my plane has to be ifr certified, or just night vfr certified ?
* if I fly from France to the channel islands, is it possible to start the "ifr part" of the flightplan at the border, or does the whole flightplan has to be ifr ?
Thank you very much for any advice,
Kind regards,
Digits