emigrating to Oz

[nathe]

Just wondering where I stand with regard to flying in Australia - will be permanently living on the Sunshine Coast from May 2013 with luck. Have had my UK PPL for 8-9 years and would like to know how to go about being able to fly when I move with regards to converting to an Australian PPL or otherwise.....

If this has been broached before and I missed it I apologise in advance (I did find old threads working it Aus to UK but not as I need to know it.)

Thanks.

[hiwaytohell]

Try Civil Aviation Safety Authority - Converting foreign licences (http://www.casa.gov.au/scripts/nc.dll?WCMS:STANDARD::pc=PC_90024) or http://www.casa.gov.au/wcmswr/_assets/main/manuals/regulate/fcl/010r0501.pdf or contact [email protected]

Also there a few flying schools on the Sunshine Coast, such as Chopperline, that can help. It is a relatively straight forward process.

[baswell]

And don't forget recreational aviation, what the yanks would call LSA. Easy conversion too for you.

Recreational Aviation Australia (http://www.raa.asn.au)

[nathe]

thanks for the assists, much appreciated

[inxs]

hiwaytohell - you should work for CASA :D

[BPA]

If he worked for CASA he would have to charge $25 for providing the information.

[Deaf]

Suggest PPL and then RAA.

As you have to do 5 hours for RAA may as well learn something new and do low speed (Thruster,Drifter etc). The 5 hour conversion comes from the days when RAA was only low speed (low inertia) and there were a lot of accidents where somebody got out of a Bonanza or 727 and the differences caught them out.

[baswell]

The 5 hour conversion comes from the days when RAA was only low speed (low inertia)
I reckon it is still valid even for LSAs, much lower inertia than, say, a C172. Many cases of bent aircraft in the USA by pilots thinking that because they can fly a big C172 (and 747) that didn't need conversion training for a 600KG aircraft...

My instructor was converting a SAAB driver; took a while not to get him to flare too high.