Airspace privilages for a PPL ?

[mfds]

Where can I find a simple summary of the PPL minimum viz for airpspace types ?

[Kermit 180]

Your country's appropriate information publication should have a summary. Usually shown as a table of airspace with met minimas in it. this could be in a Visual Flight Guide or similar publication.

Kermie

[Noggin]

There are two issues here, the privileges of a PPL are contained in the Air Navigation Order Schedule 8 and limit the holder to 3K minimum vis unless they hold an Instrument or IMC rating.

The VFR minima for UK airspace is given in the UK AIP http://www.ais.org.uk/VFR/VFR.PDF

You must take the most restrictive minima for VFR flight. If you hold a UK PPL with no instrument qualification, it is quite legal to fly IFR outside controlled airspace provided you do not exceed the Schedule 8 Legal Minima of 3K vis, and if below 150 Kts, clear of cloud and insight of the surface.

[This message has been edited by Noggin (edited 07 July 2001).]

[bookworm]

If you hold a UK PPL with no instrument qualification, it is quite legal to fly IFR outside controlled airspace provided you do not exceed the Schedule 8 Legal Minima of 3K vis, and if below 150 Kts, clear of cloud and insight of the surface.

Simpler than that, I think:

If you hold a UK PPL with no instrument qualification, it is quite legal to fly IFR outside controlled airspace provided you do not fly in a visibility less than 3 km.