Hi all,
Sorry if this is a bone post, but I have been through CAP 804 and I still can't figure out if I can start flying again on my old CAA PPL(A), issued by converting an FAA PPL(A) in 1998.
Background: I haven't flown an aeroplane since 2000. I stopped flying helicopters in 2002 as a QMP(H) to go into a ground branch of the RAF until now. TT 550 hrs: 200 fixed-wing, 350 helicopter.
The exam question is...can I rock up to my local flying school with my old CAA PPL with some cash, do some refresher training, get a Class 3 Medical and carry on flying G-registered Cessnas and Robins as though nothing changed since 1998?
Or should the CAA be expecting a large cheque from me for a JAR-FCL licence?
Thanks for any guidance you can give.
Thanks!
