That´s right, i have never flown fixed wings before…
I got a chance to do some time in africa-with a locally registered aircraft, and a FAA license will easily be converted (as a local license is impossible to get), so once i got a CPL/IR, the hours will come easily…
When you say that the CPL requires 50, the IR 15 hours-can the IR be included in the 50 h airplane?