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Thanks Mach Jump!
Your post script is interesting as this is exactly what I am after as all I want at the moment is the ability to bimble around. I will start a CPL conversion with ME and IR once I have the ATPL theory exams done and dusted (again!), hence I am unwilling to shell out for a PPL skills tests on top of all the forthcoming ones (I'd rather spend the 300+ quid at a gliding club).
Do you happen to have a CAP reference (or similar) I can take to the school before I ask to take one of their G- reg aircraft with my Aussie licence?
I have vague memories of the introduction of JAA rules back when you could still buy a ticket on Concorde, but the with EASA sat on top the licencing rules seem almost as mad as Australia!
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