Tue Sep 29, 2020 4:05 pm
#1799200
Hi all,
I like to idly browse the 'for sale' sections of sites like AFORS, and I notice a lot of planes for sale on there are 'permit to fly'. I think I understand what this is (you basically need an annual inspection by the LAA instead of a type airworthiness certificate), but as someone who's only flown Cessnas and Pipers, I have a couple of random questions!
1. If I bought or joined a group to fly a permit aircraft, could I put the hours in my PPL logbook (as SEP)? I know you can't do it with microlights, but 'permit to fly' covers a large range of types. How do you know if a given plane is useful for maintaining/building your hours?
2. How do you identify the type to ATC? e.g. when you're asking for a basic/traffic service or a CTR transit, it's easy to say you're a PA28 or a C152, but what if you're flying some homebuilt type that few people will have heard of?
Cheers
I like to idly browse the 'for sale' sections of sites like AFORS, and I notice a lot of planes for sale on there are 'permit to fly'. I think I understand what this is (you basically need an annual inspection by the LAA instead of a type airworthiness certificate), but as someone who's only flown Cessnas and Pipers, I have a couple of random questions!
1. If I bought or joined a group to fly a permit aircraft, could I put the hours in my PPL logbook (as SEP)? I know you can't do it with microlights, but 'permit to fly' covers a large range of types. How do you know if a given plane is useful for maintaining/building your hours?
2. How do you identify the type to ATC? e.g. when you're asking for a basic/traffic service or a CTR transit, it's easy to say you're a PA28 or a C152, but what if you're flying some homebuilt type that few people will have heard of?
Cheers