I'm currently studying and training in the US for FAA PPL and IR.
I would like to one day get my JAA PPL/IR...and if I go pro, get all my JAA/FAA licences in Florida.
I was wondering about Private flying in GA aircraft in Europe.
In the US it's petty common, and cheap to fly around in Pipers and Cessnas (the piston kind, not Citations
)
How is it in Europe?
And how do the language/culture barriers affect aviation?
I heard that most people talk english, but in some small airfields, they'll talk to you in their local language, and you got to know it to land there!
Especially from an IFR perspective, where there are strict rules and regulations and radio comm phraseology and terminology...
any of you fly IFR from the UK to say Italy or France?
Hows the transition from UK airspace to French, then Italian...or German...
?
The US is big, and it's all the same IFR rules and radio phraseology and everybody knows what the other guy is saying (usually)
Well...I would be interested in hearing about it...
thanx
Archer