Insurance for private flying in USA

[7of9]

Hi,
I intend to do some flights in a C172 while on holiday in USA on my PPL.

Normal holiday insurance doesn't cover this as i checked this morning. so where do i get cover from in case of unlikely event of hospitalisation caused by private flying in USA??

Cheers Trev

[colette]

You could try Traffords, I've used them twice now and always found them good to deal with (although touch wood have never needed them!)

They specialise in flying holidays etc and have very reasonable rates and will quickly get a quote back to you if you fill in their online form.

[NearlyStol]

OnRisk Insurance ; You buy the number of hours you wish to fly during your
holiday period. Works fine

[englishal]

Traffords annual policy for two was £150 p.a for me. and covered flying risk as well as snow sports...

[OpenCirrus619]

Don't know how much is fact and how much fiction.....but a lot has been made, on various threads and fora (forums?).

Apparently some/many flying clubs don't provide this type of coverage as standard. :sad:

Renter's Aircraft Insurance Coverage: The Quiet Problem (http://www.avweb.com/news/insure/renters_aircraft_insurance_194956-1.html)

OC619

[Cusco]

If you are self-fly renting: Do not fly without Renter's insurance.............

Exactly how you set it up is up to you: It can be difficult as shown by above AVWEB link but do it somehow.

You have a PM

Cusco

[dkatwa]

Hi Is it possible to rent a plane in the USA with a UK JAR-PPL? I thought you had to convert and get a FAA PPL?
regards
deepak

[7of9]

Thanks for the replies, Renters insurance should cover Flying & any mishap or hospital visits then, as well as normal holiday insurance for the other holiday cover without flying.

Hi Is it possible to rent a plane in the USA with a UK JAR-PPL? I thought you had to convert and get a FAA PPL?
regards
deepak

Think this answers your question Deepak i have already applied. Cost £42.00 for the CAA to validate, you need forms SRG 1160, SRG1187 which you send to CAA & Form 8060-71 which you download from site (link below) fill in & send to USA.

Airmen Certification: Verify the Authenticity of a Foreign License, Rating, or Medical Certification (http://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/airmen_certification/foreign_license_verification/)

Trev

[david viewing]

Renter's Aircraft Insurance Coverage: The Quiet Problem

Thanks for posting that link. But an even quieter problem is the one about whether a non-US resident can obtain renter's insurance from the popular vendors. It appears that at least one of the players declines cover to non US citizens.

Does anyone have recent experience of obtaining renter's insurance using their real, foreign, address? Equally, is the practice of giving an accomodation address (like the FBO's) 'safe' in a legal sense?

[OpenCirrus619]

Think this answers your question Deepak i have already applied. Cost £42.00 for the CAA to validate, you need forms SRG 1160, SRG1187 which you send to CAA & Form 8060-71 which you download from site (link below) fill in & send to USA.

Airmen Certification: Verify the Authenticity of a Foreign License, Rating, or Medical Certification (http://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/airmen_certification/foreign_license_verification/)


There is a further twist to this - you can actually get your FAA PPL (issued on the basis of a JAR licence) in your hand AND validated by a BFR flight without ever stepping foot outside the UK.

The nice man (Steve Papi) at Willow Air (http://www.willowair.co.uk/WillowAir/Home.html):

Talked me through filling in the forms
Put me in touch with an FAA bod based in the UK who could process them (for a fee)

Then you wait a couple of months and the FAA PPL drops through the letter box.

All you then need to do is complete a BFR to validate the licence - which can again be arranged, at Southend, through Willow Air. (I've still got to do that bit).

Means no time wasted, while on holiday, getting your licence sorted.

OC619

MODS: Hope this doesn't fall foul of advertising ban - I have no involvement with Willow Air, beyond using them to get my FAA PPL issued.