Originally Posted by
DaveW
Incidentally, the FAA license you end up with isn't temporary - it lasts as long as your JAA licence remains valid - all you have to do extra is undertake the Biennial Flight Review that all FAA PPLs must do every two years anyway.
Actually, that's a common mistake in understanding. There is no need to do the Biennial. The FAA license based on a foreign licenses only requires that the foreign license is valid and you have a current medical. As long as your UK license and medical are valid, that's good enough. Check out the FAR 61.75.
Logically, you can't do a Biennial as you would have to perform flight manouvers (and night flight) that you have not been taught in the UK.