Microlights and JAR-PPL(SEP)
Hi all,
A friend and I went and tried out Thruster T600Ns at Popham last week. This was excellent fun, and given that the hourly rate (one conversion completed and share purchased) is around 30 - 35 quid and hour, seems like a nice inexpensive way to get some flying in - not least the possibilities for farm strip visitations (obviously with prior invitation/permissions).
We are aware that microlight hours do not contribute to maintaining the JAR-PPL (SEP) licence, confirmed by AIC 3/2004 (White 92) section 2, and that we can fly three-axis microlights with the appropriate differences training.
One question we don't seem to be able to find the answer to,however, is what happens if we do not complete the 12 hours in the second year in a "class A" aeroplane? Would we still be able to fly microlights (our guess is no), and would we have to revalidate on "class A" aeroplanes? (our guess is yes).
Cheers
Tim