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Old 27th July 2007 | 09:33
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xrayalpha
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From: Strathaven Airfield
Hey you guys, why not fly a microlight!

There is no requirement for any dual traning in the microlight syllabus - so you can fly solo from your first lesson.

You can even do it in a taildragger.

Or in a twin!

It all goes back to the early 1980s when there were very few two seat microlights. So the requirement is for at least 10 hours solo flight - but no requirement for any dual! In fact, the instructors used to teach from the boot of a Morris Marina with a loudhailer!!

The twin is a Lazair - and since it is a single seater (and the only microlight twin) you can only learn solo on it.

Of course, in practise, very few learn completely solo. But one example might be someone who had flown a lot in the USA on a FAR103 compliant ultralight and now wanted to fly over here. They might not need much training, but would need the full minimum hours because the US has no ultralight licence.

In that sense makes more sense than JAR land where a pal who had 700 plus hours in his light aircraft (on a NPPL SEP) then had to fly a couple of dozen hours with a 300hr instructor - with zero hours on type - to get his JAR SEP.

But those are the rules. Isn't it fun!
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