Easy enough to look up Ibbotson's FAA license in the FAA directory. PPL SEL, issued on the basis of his UK license in 2014 (and doesn't say if the UK license was PPL, CPL or ATPL). No ratings, so yes, single-engine day VFR is all he was licensed to do with an "N" registered aircraft on his FAA license. However as 2D pointed out he could also fly it in the UK on his UK license instead. Do we know what UK license he had? I've read 40 pages of conjecture and assumption but nothing verified.
Last edited by malabo; 3rd Feb 2019 at 00:37.