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Old 22nd Feb 2012, 21:43
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Genghis the Engineer
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Pretty much any UK flying school will be happy to rent you a G-reg aeroplane with your FAA PPL and medical, although you'll be limited to day-VFR (a trivial restriction as I'm guessing you probably don't have an IR, and very few airports open far into night here). Expect to spend a few hours with an instructor learning the different RT, local standards, airspace, charts, etc. (this is not a suggestion that you aren't properly trained, but I'd say exactly the same to a British or European pilot planning to go flying in the USA).

Very few Cadets in the UK, but many schools have either Warriors or Archers, which are basically the same aeroplane. If you want to save some money, most schools also have rental C152s which will usually be quite a bit cheaper and perfectly good for solo touring around the relatively short distances between places that we have here.

As proudprivate says however, pretty much anywhere in Europe you'll find that rental prices are substantially (50%-100%) more than you are used to paying in the USA. On the other hand, you'll find some quite different, and really enjoyable flying over here.

Try Scotland - reasonably cheap to get to (look for flights to Glasgow Prestwick), some really good schools, and some of the best flying in the world. Come in summer!

There are loads of threads on the private flying forum about the various flying schools and clubs in Britain, just browse!

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