Thanks Mazzy,
With your IMC rating, can you fly above the cloud, out of sight of the ground
The national (UK) IMC rating:
- Removes ANO restriction of "never out of sight of surface"
- Removes ANO restriction of "never in visibility less than 3km, but imposes "never below 1800m for take-off or landing"
- Where SVFR is allowed, minimum visibility you can fly in is reduced from 10km to 3km
- Allows IFR in any airspace EXCEPT CLASS A (or B for that matter)
- NOT valid outside UK airspace (but "well respected" and can count towards e.g. FAA IR I am told...)
- Valid for 25 months, revalidation by test
- Pre-requisites are PPL, Radio License and 25hrs post-ppl flying before grant of rating (of which 10hrs must be PIC, of which 5hrs must be cross-country)
The above is courtesy of notes from Irv Lee's excellent "HigherPlane PPL Masterclass Seminar" which I would recommend to any recently qualified PPL! See
http://www.higherplane.flyer.co.uk/seminars.htm
Let me know if any questions mate.
Andy
