Hi all,
I've got a 6 day layover in Florida & fancied hiring a C172 to go down the Keys. I'm a JAA ATPL holder & 10,000+ hours experience & I'm a 767 Captain. I held an FAA PPL with Multi but haven't done a biennial flight review for over 15 years.

My question is 2-fold:

1) What paperwork will I need to get before I come to the US & how easy will it be to renew or get a fresh FAA licence?

2) Can anyone recommend somewhere I could hire a good IFR equipped C172 & how much it will be, I'm looking at the Orlando-Sanford area.

Cheers

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Tailwheels etc at Winterhaven. They have a few nice 172's. They will do a BFR as part of the rental check.

As you've got an FAA PPL/Multi (and I assume ASEL) and I'll also assume it is a stand alone certificate (not based on any CAA/JAA licence that you may have had 15 years ago) then all you need to do is a BFR to get you up and running again, you know the usual 1 hour dual and 1 hour ground school (mandatory minimums set by the FAA).

Sun State Aviation based at Kissimmee have new(ish) IFR equipped C172's both with steam gauges and the new fancy G1000's. Okay I know its south of Orlando but its only around a forty minute car journey from the Sanford area. Although I'm sure I've seen a school at Orlando Executive with C172's which is closer to Sanford...

A link to the school's rental page with their current rates etc:

Aircraft Rental - Aircraft Hire In Florida (http://www.sunstateaviation.com/acrental.html)

Have a nice time wherever you decide to rent from!

I can recommend Air Orlando at Executive. C172s and more, conventional and glass.
Very professional outfit. On line booking.
You will eventually have to update to a plastic licence but this can be done on line if you have a standalone certificate.
www.flyairorlando.com (http://www.flyairorlando.com)
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As you haven't done a BFR in 15 years - I would make a wild guess that the address on your FAA Certificate is probably no longer correct?
If so then that itself has to be fixed as your FAA certificate became void 30 days after any address change if the FAA were not notified. Plus you will require the English Proficiency annotated on the certificate.

You will also require the FAA Medical assuming you have the standalone FAA certificate.

Bose-x

They will do a BFR as part of the rental check.
More accurately, they will do the rental check as part of the flight portion of the BFR.
As the BFR is a mandatory requirement of a minimum ground portion covering the FAR/AIM and the flight portion.