Hi Twisted,
Thanks.
Still doesn''t say anywhere that you actually must have the rating - I stick by my premise that your JAR-FCL and old Group A allows you to fly any microlight without training or test.
ps We went through all this for years after JAR-FCL came in, because some light aircraft instructor/examiners got told they could no longer instruct/examine on microlights, and after a few years the CAA backed down for the very reason that there is no international definition of a microlight, so it couldn't be excluded from an international light aircraft licence.
Things are different for the NPPL though, since it is a UK licence and there is a UK definition. There are even provisions in the NPPL for a microlight pilot with flexwing expereince to have to do further training before P1 on a three-axis - which wasn't in the old microlight licence such as the one I have.
Grandfather rights are a minefield, eh!