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ohitsro
8th Oct 2016, 16:40
Good day all,

I hope this is the right place for this question. I'm a flight instructor in South Africa who will soon be stepping on the EASA bandwagon and converting my license. In the mean time, I've been offered a job closer to home part time instructing on an aircraft called the Sling 2 (http://airplanefactory.co.za/models/sling2) . In South Africa it falls under the LSA/VLA category but the time can be logged towards an ATPL. As far as I can see by this page (http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?catid=1&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=detailnosummary&fullregmark=SNGZ), It is listed as non-easa and amateur built. If my goal is hours that count and are recognized for the initial issue of an EASA ATPL, will I be able to instruct and use these hours?

Many Thanks!

Genghis the Engineer
9th Oct 2016, 07:14
EASA is in my experience good with any hours on an aeroplane which doesn't fall into what's classed as "microlights" in Europe. It is more complex than that, but as a first order check, anything that has a stall speed greater than 35kCAS and/or an MTOW above 473kg is an "aeroplane" and you're fine.

ohitsro
9th Oct 2016, 07:28
Thank you G!

Much appreciated!!!