It seems from all this that getting the JAA IR is the way to go but will (obviously) take me a while to do this. If I fly the N reg on a FAA ppl that I get on the basis of the JAA PPL or by a flight test can I fly the craft in the UK in IMC using the IMC rating or does this mean that I fly an N reg craft I cant fly it in IMC at all in UK until having an IR.
Is it possible to do the IR in the plane that I intend to continue flying if this is an N reg. I assume not as the examining will be done by the CAA.
I presume as the IMC rating is UK only that this cant be used in an N reg craft that I am flying on an FAA lisence.
Or is it possible to fly the plane in the UK on the JAA PPL and thus use the IMC rating part of this.
If I understand the above correctly:
If you need an IR for a G-reg
now then obviously you need to do the JAA IR.
You can fly an N-reg under IFR on the IMC Rating - I have this in writing from the FAA, and the CAA also confirmed in writing it is not limited by aircraft reg. As per the ANO, the IFR privileges of the IMCR are limited to UK airspace only. However the removal of the need to be in sight of surface for VFR is valid worldwide.
A JAA PPL in an N-reg is still valid only in the country which
issued it (ref: FAR 61.3). So to fly an N-reg in the UK you need a UK
issued PPL. To fly an N-reg in Germany you need a German
issued PPL. There is a different body of opinion here also, and some FAA replied suggestion otherwise, but the wording of the FARs as as I have put it here. JAA licenses work using mutual validation; they are still
issued only in the one country.
Agree about the punctuation
