Originally Posted by
Arrowflyer
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.
That's not so, Arrowflyer. Indeed, I've been shown the relevant section of the FARs by a CFI in the US. I accept that my authority is somewhat diminished I have to admit, by my not having the FAR para reference to hand, but I assure you it's true! FARs are searchable online, of course.
Any PPL can of course do a Biennial because the format of a Biennial is not laid down anywhere. Your FAA PPL will be marked as "Restricted Use" if your JAA/CAA priviliges don't allow you to do everything a vanilla FAA PPL holder can do - e.g. night, so you simply tell the Instructor "unable". As for un-taught flight manoeuvres, what do you mean?
<Later> I've found the relevant FARs, which are Sec 61.75
and Sec 61.56. I'll quote chapter and verse in a bit when I'm at a machine outside a firewall which restricts post sizes.