Recreational Flying in AUS, US PILOT
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Going on vacation next spring!! Would like to purchase or lease some block time from a club or someone in AUS. Travel plans are flexible, anyone know of a good outfit to work with?
Start working with CASA now. Get in applications for permission to fly in Australia, and also for your ASIC security pass. You may also have to pass an English test.
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Definitely what the Gun said, your timing is okay if you get started ASAP. I assume that by next spring, you mean North American spring? Do you have a preference on type of aircraft, how many hours your budget affords, what kind of geography you'd like to visit etc?
There is also a rather large elephant in the room called COVID 19 and the fact that Australia's borders are currently closed to all but Australian citizens and permanent residents... and I seriously doubt they'll be open in 6 months time ...
Are you a private pilot or sport pilot in the US?
Good luck coming here until Covid is eradicated in the US and with your current president and his games, that’s not likely to be any time soon!
Good luck coming here until Covid is eradicated in the US and with your current president and his games, that’s not likely to be any time soon!
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Thanks guys, yes North American spring, Feb/Mar.
Covid definitely being the main concern willing to keep pushing the trip, but also don't want to skip out on any planning in case it gets better.
Commercial US pilots.
Covid definitely being the main concern willing to keep pushing the trip, but also don't want to skip out on any planning in case it gets better.
Commercial US pilots.
“International travel, including by tourists and international students, is assumed to remain largely closed off until late next year and then gradually return over time, and a vaccine to be available around the end of 2021 is one of the assumptions in the budget,”
That was from our Treasurer yesterday, so I don't fancy your chances but good luck nonetheless
That was from our Treasurer yesterday, so I don't fancy your chances but good luck nonetheless
Still no harm getting all your ducks in a row now at least with the paperwork.
Should be a lot faster (Easier?) now that the authorities have nothing to do because aviation is at a standstill here.
(ASIC took e a week to get last month..... surely worthy of Guinness Book of Records entry)
Should be a lot faster (Easier?) now that the authorities have nothing to do because aviation is at a standstill here.
(ASIC took e a week to get last month..... surely worthy of Guinness Book of Records entry)
Somebody from the US will have serious trouble with an English test.....
"There even are places where English completely disappears,
In America they haven't used it for years..."
"There even are places where English completely disappears,
In America they haven't used it for years..."
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Cool, thanks guys. Another question, Would you recommend any certain region to do some flying? I'm from Alaska and do a lot of bush flying, the NT appeals to me a little bit. Is there a good bit worth flightseeing in that area?
I tried to get a validation for my UK licence a year or two ago. Started the paperwork four months before my visit. A week or two before my arrival in Oz, I was told a face to face interview required in Syd for a security pass?
A pass would be issued within 5 weeks. I’d left the Country by then!!
A pass would be issued within 5 weeks. I’d left the Country by then!!
Ah CessnaPete - but the prevention of your flying, undoubtedly made the Australian skies a tad safer. Mission Accomplished.
(Not that YOUR flying is any more dangerous than mine, it's just statistically safer if less people are allowed to fly).
(Not that YOUR flying is any more dangerous than mine, it's just statistically safer if less people are allowed to fly).
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Would you recommend any certain region to do some flying?
Each area of Australia has it's own unique attractions. Queensland coastal north then west into NT can be very interesting.
Good luck with CASA and your ASIC............ Aside from time, patience and tolerance are great virtues.
Somebody from the US will have serious trouble with an English test.....
"There even are places where English completely disappears,
In America they haven't used it for years..."
"There even are places where English completely disappears,
In America they haven't used it for years..."
It's certainly a strange world that CASA lives in. The aero club where I work used to hire aeroplanes to an 'Air Safari' operator who organised trips round Australia, often for pilots from the USA.
These pilots all had the words "English Proficient" on their licences but CASA insisted that this was not sufficient to satisfy the English Proficiency Level 6 required for a Certificate of Validation, so I had to conduct an ELP6 interview with them and assess them at level 6 proficient before they could exercise the privileges of their CoV!
These pilots all had the words "English Proficient" on their licences but CASA insisted that this was not sufficient to satisfy the English Proficiency Level 6 required for a Certificate of Validation, so I had to conduct an ELP6 interview with them and assess them at level 6 proficient before they could exercise the privileges of their CoV!
The east coast “J curve” would be the most popular from say Melbourne up to Cairns, there’s a lot of places to visit, be it beautiful coastline or inland destinations. If you go too far inland, it can get hot and bumpy depending on the time of year.
You could start in Adelaide and head to Maree/William creek and then back over to the east costs perhaps, but it really depends what you want to see and do. A round trip would obviously be best to be able to return the aircraft, otherwise they would have to get a ferry pilot to bring it back again.
How much time will you have?
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It's certainly a strange world that CASA lives in. The aero club where I work used to hire aeroplanes to an 'Air Safari' operator who organised trips round Australia, often for pilots from the USA.
These pilots all had the words "English Proficient" on their licences but CASA insisted that this was not sufficient to satisfy the English Proficiency Level 6 required for a Certificate of Validation, so I had to conduct an ELP6 interview with them and assess them at level 6 proficient before they could exercise the privileges of their CoV!
These pilots all had the words "English Proficient" on their licences but CASA insisted that this was not sufficient to satisfy the English Proficiency Level 6 required for a Certificate of Validation, so I had to conduct an ELP6 interview with them and assess them at level 6 proficient before they could exercise the privileges of their CoV!