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Old 4th Oct 2011, 11:55
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Originally Posted by kevkdg
Great, thanks for the info.

When i have enquired at a couple of flying schools, they seem to maintain that I'll need to do the differences training PLUS a GFT/GST with an examiner. The NPPL website states no such requirement.
For reasons I confess that I don't quite understand, somebody with an NPPL(M) does need GST & NST + one ground exam, whilst somebody with an NPPL(SLMG) does not. Presumably the ground exam content is already in the NPPL(SLMG) but I can't for the life of me work out why a microlight pilot needs a separate skills test whilst a motorglider pilot does not.

Also apparently the microlight pilot (who already did this in his NPPL(M) ) needs two hours of stall & spin awareness training, whilst the SLMG pilot does not - they of-course also did that training.

However, that's just how it is.


The rules are here incidentally, although you probably knew that already.

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