I'm a pilot!

Your coat?

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According to a colleague who has a PPL, it is possible to fly to some
foreign parts on a NPPL since there is some sort of reciprocal
arrangement. A short hop over to France might be possible but you
would need permission from the French authorities first. It's probably
more hassle than it's worth, mind.

 

....and then your IFR so you can fly at night and in 'non-ideal'
conditions.

Well done, very jealous. I still have not got around to doing this
myself.

 

Probably a good idea to get the PPL/IMC rating in ASAP, the joint euro
rules neddies are trying to abolish the IMC rating so that only a
proper Instrument Rating will be allowed. OTOH they may or may not allow
grandfathering depending on the phase of the moon and careful examination
of the entrails of a virgin goat. Bloody eurocrats muttermuttermumble.

 

Because last time he went abroad in a plane the Germans tried to shoot it
down?

 

I was under the impression that the NPPL was just national.
You learn something everyday ;o)
Then again, with aviation, rules change faster than the weather!

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An instrument rating is very nice, bloody hard work, and _very_ pricey!!
Then of course, you might just as well, go for the CPL, then for a laugh,
the ATPL )

I'm sure WUN would make an ideal airline pilot. He's not that far off with
the Kwak 1400!

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Greybeard

FLHR -03 UK (95 cu-in Stg 2. Big Boy 2!)

Garmin Zumo 550, To get me home!

ukrm@foxtails[dot]co[dot]uk

 

They have been talking about this for years!
An IMC is a very useful addition along with a night rating. These all help
extend your flying opportunities during the winter months at the very least.

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Greybeard

FLHR -03 UK (95 cu-in Stg 2. Big Boy 2!)

Garmin Zumo 550, To get me home!

ukrm@foxtails[dot]co[dot]uk

 

I must have missed school that day, or I wasn't paying attention being put
at the back!

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Greybeard

FLHR -03 UK (95 cu-in Stg 2. Big Boy 2!)

Garmin Zumo 550, To get me home!

ukrm@foxtails[dot]co[dot]uk

 

The major difference is in the medical requirements. The NPPL requirements
are much easier. ISTR that Nige might have a problem with the PPL
medical but ICBW.

 

I did my CPL/IR at the same time, this is normal practice because the IR
training hours counted towards the 150 hour minimum for the CPL.
OTOH a lot of things will have changed since the 1970s.
The real expense is maintaining IR currency, the regular checks in
expensive aircraft are hard on the wallet if you are not flying for a
living.

 

I never went the CPL/IR route, I couldn't afford it, so stayed just with the
PPL/IMC etc.
Good friend of mine that learnt the same time did the CPL/IR and flew for
Aurigny Airlines for a while. He then gave up he commercial aviation and
went back to Computer code crunching!

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Greybeard

FLHR -03 UK (95 cu-in Stg 2. Big Boy 2!)

Garmin Zumo 550, To get me home!

ukrm@foxtails[dot]co[dot]uk

 

Ah! the dreaded medical!
Stops a lot of wannabes, unfortunately.
My first one was a bit of a bugger to get back in the early 80's as the doc
wasn't happy with me having asthma. Never been a problem since.

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Greybeard

FLHR -03 UK (95 cu-in Stg 2. Big Boy 2!)

Garmin Zumo 550, To get me home!

ukrm@foxtails[dot]co[dot]uk

 

<http://www.emergencymanagement.org.uk/news/aviationsecurity240608/tabid/
3884/Default.aspx>

 

Yes - he's a sugar mong.

 

I was getting worried.

 

Ah, gotchya.
Then a PPL might well be a no-no.

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Greybeard

FLHR -03 UK (95 cu-in Stg 2. Big Boy 2!)

Garmin Zumo 550, To get me home!

ukrm@foxtails[dot]co[dot]uk

 

The trick is to get hours in by arranging foreign trips with groups of
mates and divvying it up.

 

As well you should. Standards are dropping all over.

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Yep, there are cheap ways of doing it.

One wrinkle that used to be open was to start off by taking to the skies
in a glider, then progress to motorised glider, for it used to be an MG
counted as full-on powered flight and the hours counted.

As alluded to below, you can get hours in by being the pilot on matey
jollies, do an IR then amass enough hours to get an Instructor's ticket.
The hours pile up then (and even better, you get paid), and it's not
long before you can seriously consider doing a CPL at a greatly reduced
cost.

At least, that's the way it used to be, dunno if those avenues are still
open.