Fri Aug 18, 2017 3:37 pm
#1553501
I would appreciate any help please.
My licence PPL(A) SEP Land lapsed 28/11/2010.
I have recently retired from work and now wish to get back into some serious time consuming aviation which I have missed.
I am currently taking lessons in a Jabiru microlight (manly because there is a small airfield just down the road which makes things a great deal easier!) I understand that I will have to pass a skills test to become current again, but am totally confused as to what this will mean with regard to my licence. What confuses me and what I would like help with is:
1/ Will I then be the proud owner of a PPL(M) or a NPPL(M) licence, or do I have a choice? (or are they the same thing?)
2/ Will I then be licensed to fly only microlight aircraft (up to MTOW 450kg)?
3/ I shall be looking to buy an aircraft or into an aircraft share but obviously don't know what type/weight that will be yet. So if the aircraft I choose is above 450kg would I have to pass a full on skills test again for a PPL(A) or would it be just a Type Qualification?
I would really appreciate any help you can offer re the three questions above which will all come into play in the near future (and with which I am totally confused!)
Depending on the advice I receive, and in trying to establish the best route back in to aviation, it may have an immediate impact upon my current training.
Many thanks for reading this, and I look forward to any help offered.
Kev
My licence PPL(A) SEP Land lapsed 28/11/2010.
I have recently retired from work and now wish to get back into some serious time consuming aviation which I have missed.
I am currently taking lessons in a Jabiru microlight (manly because there is a small airfield just down the road which makes things a great deal easier!) I understand that I will have to pass a skills test to become current again, but am totally confused as to what this will mean with regard to my licence. What confuses me and what I would like help with is:
1/ Will I then be the proud owner of a PPL(M) or a NPPL(M) licence, or do I have a choice? (or are they the same thing?)
2/ Will I then be licensed to fly only microlight aircraft (up to MTOW 450kg)?
3/ I shall be looking to buy an aircraft or into an aircraft share but obviously don't know what type/weight that will be yet. So if the aircraft I choose is above 450kg would I have to pass a full on skills test again for a PPL(A) or would it be just a Type Qualification?
I would really appreciate any help you can offer re the three questions above which will all come into play in the near future (and with which I am totally confused!)
Depending on the advice I receive, and in trying to establish the best route back in to aviation, it may have an immediate impact upon my current training.
Many thanks for reading this, and I look forward to any help offered.
Kev
KC
Fulmina regis iusta "The King's thunderbolts are righteous"
(44 Squadron Royal Air Force)
Fulmina regis iusta "The King's thunderbolts are righteous"
(44 Squadron Royal Air Force)