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Hi Folks,

I have begun refresher training with the goal of getting back to holding a valid licence and rating. I have (had?) a JAR-PLL SEP with night rating issued by the CAA in 2001 which expired 2005 and a FROL which expired 16/01/2012 . In my...

Assuming the student is a part owner of a group A aeroplane.

Student has NPPL(M) Microlight licence and wants to train in the owned group A.

Is adding SSEA to the existing NPPL (M) licence classed as ab initio from an insurance perspective ?

My Class 2 expires soon and as I ended up with a LAPL, not full PPL, I've been looking at a PMD - which seems laughably simple - instead of going to an AME.

Just reading the small print card that came with the licence, it states very clearly...

I am trying to get an EASA Class 2 Medical for an EASA PPL. The medical pre-application form on the web requires a Spanish licence number in order to apply for a medical to get a Spanish licence number....
Classic Catch-22, how do you fill the form...

Hi,

Does anyone knows of any UK CAA instructors based on the west side of the USA (Southern California ideally) please?

I’m looking to reval my SEP by experience in the next year, so am hoping to find someone to come for a flight around Southern...

Hi all

I have a hereditary hearing loss from birth which is corrected by small (fully in ear) Widex hearing aids. My loss is below the minimum thresholds for a class 1 medical, and I visited the CAA for an initial medical but was declined on the...

This might be a bit of an odd question so let me try and build up to it / explain it via some scenarios:

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Scenario A:

Let's say you have an NPPL(A) with Microlight rating and since getting that licence you have 100+ P1 hours on...

I hold a NPPL (M) . The validation expired Sept 2015. I also have a lapsed NPPL (SSEA) issued 2007 .
I am considering flying again on the same basis but 3 axis microlights only. Having trawled seemingly endless links and links of links I have yet to...

Hi All
pretty sure this is ok now, but just wanted to check I can fly a Part21 into Channel Islands.

Ive seen the article in flyer

Mentions NPPL and PMD but not Part21.
Looking to go Alderney when the Sea is a bit warmer!

B1

Hey guys, I'm currently doing training for a PPL and hope to eventually obtain an CPL+IR/ATPL. As I'm doing my PPL, 3 days ago, I did my initial class two and ermmm, I didn't quite get it? Due to a number of factors, my AME wants me to visit a...

Please could I clarify something with others, just so I fully understand. I think I do, but then again, I'm usually wrong.

I hold NPPL(A) with microlight rating and I'm about to start my SSEA 'upgrade'. I fly 3-axis, not flex-wing.

CAP804 (which...

I have not been able to find a definitive answer in the regulations, but do instructional hours as CRI (SE and ME) and IRI count for the purpose of removing the restriction from the FI certificate?

For EASA, not UK CAA.

Ages ago I remember seeing a ppl from the late 1990s that had been issued after a microlight training course, still using 5/13 stamps on the log book, and the odd thing was it had 'issued to icao standards' or similar words on the first page. (!!)...

Prompted by Irv’s post regarding foreign licences I had a look at the LAPL section of

As a NPPL(A) SSEA holder post April 2018 and trapped I was drawn to the following passage

Applicants for a LAPL who have held another licence in the same...

Hi all,

I have an NPPL (M) which I'm currently adding SSEA to. I have tailwheel differences signed off on the NPPL (M) - would this also apply to the SSEA rating, or only to microlights?

Thanks

Useful, even remembers to mention FRTOL needed for radio use, unlike previous documents/pages.

My views on some aspects are on the gold plate sub forum:

Apologies if this is covered elsewhere, but I did not find it via the search.

If a PPL(A) undertakes differences training in a sub-450kg microlight, does the sign-off cover sub-450 kg machines only, with further differences training required to...

Just wondering if anyone is aware of any recent progress in respect of the above?

Many have been hoping for some positive news on this front since 2018, when the paperwork only route to LAPL expired.

As it says, really - I have to do Principles of Flight, and Aircraft General. Are there implications with being 'in the same window', and how long are they valid for? Do they have to be done a certain amount of time before the GST?

(I appreciate...

I am thoroughly confused by the CAA FCL. The impression I get from the FCL site is that I can no longer use my UK-issued "EASA" PPL after 1st Jan 23 and I must apply to convert my license. Have I been living under a rock or is this not so?...

Hi all.

I'd like to think my question is fairly straightforward, but I just can't get to the bottom of this in a post-2018 context.

I have a NPPL (M). I would like to add SSEA to it, because then the revalidation requirement is really easy (hours...

What do I need to perform to have a single pilot IR endorsed on my licence?

I have an existing and current ATPL, valid multi crew IR, valid SEP but long-expired single pilot IR.

Any pointers on where to find reference would be appreciated.

I’m hoping to do some flying while abroad (outside EU), this flying will be P/UT in SEP aircraft. I hold a LAPL(SSEA), can I log the hours and count them towards my total hours, or because it won’t be in a G-reg aircraft can I not count them towards...

I wonder if anyone here can help? I’ve been asked to sign a certificate of experience for the holder of an UK issued PPL(A)(Microlight) issued before the cut-off date of 1 Feb 2008. In fact, the licence was issued in Nov 2000 and so is valid for...

Hi all,

The question’s in the title - is there a way to track PPL application on the CAA website? My application went in Thursday 3rd November, got an email saying they’d received it but nothing since. I know it takes 10 working days, but wondered...

Hi All,

A flying friend of mine (NPPL(SSEA)) has insulin dependant diabetes which he strictly monitors. He attained his licence in January 2010 and his medical declaration was restricted to fly alone or with a 'safety pilot'. In the last couple of...

At present, only those student pilots training on non-Part 21 aeroplanes for the NPPL may fly solo using a PMD.

As the PMD scheme has proved itself over the last few years, I would be interested in the opinion of the FLYER medical experts as to...

Hi all, having completed a fantastic Instructor Course I am just waiting to do my Assessment of Competence, hopefully in the next week or 2. If I'm successful (and if the examiner agrees) I'll be issued with a temporary certificate to allow me to...

One of my group ( who is not on any forums) has an NPPL with a PMD.
He has been recently diagnosed with artrial fibrillation.
He is on medication for this and now has no systems.
His cardiologist tells him that AF is NOT heart failure , and is a...

I live in Italy most of the time but I spend 2-3 months a year in the UK. My current mount is G registered PTF and thanks to a combination of ECAC and Italian laissez faire, I have experienced no problems commuting to and from. Some time in the next...

The title says it all.

I have an elderly new student with extensive gliding experience who wants to go for a brand new NPPL licence in order to fly Part 21 club aircraft. He has no ambition to fly abroad, in cloud, instruct or IFR.

The advantage...

A friend of mine has asked if I can revalidate his CAA Part FCL PPL SEP Rating.

He's been flying flex-wings for the last couple of years and has not flown a fixed wing SEP for over two years.

I can provide the 'one hour flying time with an...

I hold an European Union FCL issued by the CAA in 2014 with level 6 language.
My medical is a class 2 issued by the CAA.
I also have the Certificate of validation, valid until 31st December 2022
Can some kind person please tell me which CAA form I...

I'm having a bit of trouble with a syndicate trustee, who has absented themselves, along with the aircraft paperwork. They have left their old address (no forwarding information), and do not reply to emails/Whatsapps/calls/letters from myself or...

Sorry, I know this has been done to death. But have the rules changed within the the past 2 years!

Please allow me to explain. Yesterday I approached the QFI who I did my last biennial instructor hour flight with in Sept 2020 with a view to doing...

I am a current glider pilot and fly on a LAPL (S). Sailplane.
I would also like to fly a sub 70Kg flex wing. What would be the minimum training required to get on with it? :?:

Anybody hit and solved this problem.

Just trying to do the "returners process" thing, filled in all the boxes, uploaded all the documents, clicked refresh, then clicked submit.

And I go to the next page where it says...

The licence...

I have been pushing for 14 years now for a cloud rating for SEP and the 'bodies' i approach dismiss it.... Apparently it is much more important for pilots with a lot of money to have multiple easier ways to spend what is still an awful lot of money...

Hi

If like to fly from UK to IoM this weekend for the classic TT.

Can I do so using a PMD or is it not in UK?

Thanks
John

I know FAA licensed pilots with N reg aircraft based in the UK needed UK equivalent licences (or 12 month only validations) from sometime in Dec 2021, but what happened in EASA-land? (Specifically France if it is State-dependent rather than...

A bit of a grey area and I have struggled to find a definitive answer within Part-FCL.

As a Restricted FI with FCL.945 privileges on my licence, can I do biennual instructor flights and sign the rating page outside of an ATO and the supervision of...

Today’s question for the experts…!

As a result of the “UK Returner’s” process I am now the proud holder of a UK-FCL ATPL again (having had to SOLI out to an EU country some 10 years ago for my EU airline job). So I have both UK and EASA ATPL’s,...

I am currently trying to obtain an EASA PPL on top of my current UK PPL (I also hold a US License although I don't believe this makes a difference). Having looked at EASA's webpage for converting a third country license into an EASA license they...

Hi everyone,

I've got a now 'defunct' JAR-FCL PPL(A). The SEP rating expired in 2007 and I last flew in 2006. Class 2 medical ran out in 2011.

I'm trying to work out my options and apologise as this has likely been answered many times before so...

I've been away from the GA scene in the UK for around 18 months and am just wondering what the latest situation is about flying G-reg Part 21 aircraft now on a UK CAA issued PPL (A), (issued in accordance with ICAO standards).

In my validity...

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I though maybe pilots' interests might be in the...

Hi, another boring regulation question I'm afraid... with regards to becoming a Flying Instructor, can anyone point me to where the regulations state that the pre-requisites for becoming an instructor ( CPL or 150 hours P1 etc al....) need to be...

Skywise reports that the CAA has opened its doors again to pilots in a rush to have their licences updated on the same day at Gatwick.

There are two types of service:
1) Just checking your application has all the required documents. Similar to the...

My current medical (second year of Class 2, so now valid as LAPL medical due to my age) is due to expire in August, so I decided to look into whether I can get myself a PMD, rather than going to the expense of having a medical at this time.

I have...

Just a Quick Question, I will be upgrading my NPPLM to SEP"A" very soon and hope to have a G registered 600kg Permit Aircraft very Soon also. The Aircraft is LAA and cant be under the Microlight 600kg catagory.

I have had a trip planned...