OK, Temp vs. Full... .This should be very simple. Based on FAR 61.75 you go into the FAA FSDO provide your current Foreign License either Fixed Wing or Helicopter or whatever, and are issued a US FAA License based on your Foreign License. The highest level will be a U.S. Private License. NO COST<<<< For anything other than that, ie. Commercial, ATP, you must comply with the FARs; meaning writtens, check rides etc. The private License will be a temporary as all the information goes to FAA Headquarters where a permanent License will follow to the address listed. Therin lies one problem. Our U.S. License is like a bus ticket, just a simple postcard. When mailed to a foreign address they sometimes get lost. IF your temp expires, contact FAA HQ and verify it was issued and mailed. You can apply for a new one if it was lost. Here are a couple of sites for you to check on U.S. license holders. <a href="http://www.landings.com" target="_blank">www.landings.com</a> scroll down to Search databases and go from there. <a href="http://www.avweb.com/toc/database.html" target="_blank">http://www.avweb.com/toc/database.html</a> also works for Licenses. Remember these are NOT necessarily current but are a good tool.. .So if one had a temp. license some time ago, there may be a permanent issued but lost. Most of these databases are current ONLY because the Airman Medical is current. Another difference here in the states. Our Licenses are issued forever. They are current based on the FARs and logged time. We also are only allowed to fly if the Airman Medical for the class used is current.......its all in the FARs....
As to the Robbie Warriors and Limitations its in the FARs as SFAR 73 to Part 61. Its a bunch of words and numbers which translates to, they must be scary little things. Basically states NO PIC unless you have 200 hours helicopters of which 50 are in the R-22 or R-44... . Good Luck
[ 02 March 2002: Message edited by: B Sousa ]</p>