Sun Mar 17, 2019 1:28 pm
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Yes, you're right. I had thought that there was some solo nav in there.
Paul_Sengupta wrote:Also for a UK licence flying a UK non-EASA aeroplane, you don't need an aerobatics rating to fly aerobatics.
agfoxx wrote:I've checked with the LAA. So here's the definitive answer.
To convert, you need
3 hours training (min), incl one hour of instrument familiarisation and two hours of stalls and spins
Aircraft general exam
Principles of flight exam
NST
GST
agfoxx wrote:So - just to be clear - you're saying that, with my freshly minted NPPL SEP (or SSEA, as it probably should be known), I can wave good-bye to the idea of flying EASA aircraft after April next year;
agfoxx wrote: and that the door to ... easy conversion is now finally closed?
Bathman wrote:I suppose the argument would be there is no such thing as a CRI(microlights) you are doing a CRI course for SEP.
Interestingly t hours flown in a Kolb and a eurostar will count towards an FAA PPL or CPL and in fact I know someone who used his 700 hours of microlight time to get an FAA CPL and now works commercially on that licence flying SEP's and SET's
agfoxx wrote:Bathman wrote:I suppose the argument would be there is no such thing as a CRI(microlights) you are doing a CRI course for SEP.
Interestingly t hours flown in a Kolb and a eurostar will count towards an FAA PPL or CPL and in fact I know someone who used his 700 hours of microlight time to get an FAA CPL and now works commercially on that licence flying SEP's and SET's
Interesting... I've asked some American flying schools about whether my Eurostar, Jabiru etc hours would count towards an FAA PPL, and they all said no.