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By Geoff Hill
#1590894
Good Afternoon all

I'm a long time ex poster here, and it's a little time since I last flew. I used to fly a little for air cadets in a vigilant TMG, when air cadets used to fly. I've somewhere in the region of 800hrs in vigilant, with my last flight being in 2009

I've also got about 150hrs p1, 50 hrs pu/t in in, what was, group A aircraft, with the last flight being mid 2007.

I've just found my logbook, which I'd mostly forgotten about, and triggered the question, what would it take for me to regain a long lapsed PPL.

Geoff
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By Irv Lee
FLYER Club Member  FLYER Club Member
#1590901
Answer: not much, probably much less than I guess you expect! No ground exams, but medical, sufficient trainng at approved school/club to be put forward for and to pass a proficiency check (a test), probably paperwork and money conversion to an Easa licence, but possibly not immediately, depending on how/what you want to fly in the near future
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By Geoff Hill
#1590935
No exams? excellent. I guess I'd need a bit of a brush up, last time I flew, Flight information service was a thing.

I expect I can still remember how to point an aeroplane at the sky and only hit the ground at the correct time, but a little finesse may be lost.

I'd need to hunt around to see what is available to fly locally. I still live in Newcastle-ish, but flying into and out of a large airport, and associated long waits at the hold burning tenners doesn't appeal greatly.
By Crash one
#1591639
Irv.
Is the NPPL still available to those that don't have one already?
Either through the LAA or otherwise?
Not that it would be much use for flying EASA aircraft.
By Cottie
FLYER Club Member  FLYER Club Member
#1592850
Hi Geoff

Last year I renewed, having not flown since 2000.

Remarkably easy to get back, just the medical and the proficiency test to complete (of course some training hours to get back to the standard an instructor was happy with).

Medical was the hardest part as the very last test was failed, but 3 months working through the NHS resolved that.