Originally Posted by
ATC Watcher
no , the G109 is a motor glider , or TMG in EASA speak ,which needs a special TMG licence , more like a PPL , it is not a self launching glider which you fly with a glider licence ( SPL) and a self launch endorsement ..
That may be true in UK, or under EASA rules, but it is not true in USA. I do not know the rules in Australia which is where the accident you are commenting on happened. I have flown several self launching motor gliders on my FAA glider rating with no endorsement required since I am grandfathered, just as I need no tailwheel endorsement to fly my tailwheel aircraft. TMG means nothing in USA. Does it in Australia?
If you want to dig a bit deeper into FAA rules, one self launching motor glider I flew needed a type rating! It was turbo jet powered.
