US Pilot Moving To The UK
Hello! I currently live in the US, and have an FAA PPL with IR. Later this year, I will be moving to London (likely for at least 3 years) and I am trying to understand my options to keep flying, and would appreciate any pointers as to the best way to do that. I will of course want to fly with an instructor to understand the differences in flying, but for now I'm focused on what my options are to legally fly.
As I understand it, if I could find an N-reg plane, I could legally fly with my FAA privileges, but these seem hard to come by (and I've only seen Cirrus planes, which are a bit on the expensive end).
I've seen some old references to being able to fly day domestic VFR with just an FAA license; is that still true?
Finally, if I did want to fly internationally, at night, or IFR, would I need to get a license from the CAA? Does anyone know what that process would look like?
Thanks!