how about joyrides?
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: singapore
Posts: 64
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
how about joyrides?
Very useful information on US visa requirements and a great help.
Just one question: what if I just want to do a joyride/dual flight with a CFI at a club/school? do i still need to apply for a FAA conversion on my lic. or can i just turn up at the airport with my tourist visa?
Just one question: what if I just want to do a joyride/dual flight with a CFI at a club/school? do i still need to apply for a FAA conversion on my lic. or can i just turn up at the airport with my tourist visa?
Sub Judice Angel Lovegod
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: London
Posts: 2,456
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I did exactly this a short while back and wasn't asked for any documentation.
I don't want to get anyone in trouble, but I did a touch and go at a major international airport and some moderately low level turns over a historic city centre.
I don't want to get anyone in trouble, but I did a touch and go at a major international airport and some moderately low level turns over a historic city centre.
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: UK.
Posts: 262
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I have never been asked to see my documents other than when I applied in person for a FAA PPL based on my UK one. Even post 9/11 no one seemed interested when flying with an Instructor.
I even managed to hire a PA28 without a checkride, just took one of the guys who worked in the hangar with me, again no one asked to see documents. I must have an honest face, or he was looking for the insurance money, that was post 9/11 too. It is a treat to be able to touch and go at International airports without having to stop to pay huge sums of money. Wish we could fly like that here.
I even managed to hire a PA28 without a checkride, just took one of the guys who worked in the hangar with me, again no one asked to see documents. I must have an honest face, or he was looking for the insurance money, that was post 9/11 too. It is a treat to be able to touch and go at International airports without having to stop to pay huge sums of money. Wish we could fly like that here.
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Australia
Posts: 9
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Does anyone have a reference to a document that states
what kinds of flights require a visa?
I ask as I'm in the US frequently on business, and enter on the
Visa-Waiver scheme. I recently phoned a school to see about
a dual flight just to sightsee and try to maintain some semblence
of currency, but was told that ALL dual flights require a visa.
That didn't ring true, as I thought that people who were
doing a rental check-out or BFR didn't need a special visa,
but of course I don't have a reference to the "official" document...
what kinds of flights require a visa?
I ask as I'm in the US frequently on business, and enter on the
Visa-Waiver scheme. I recently phoned a school to see about
a dual flight just to sightsee and try to maintain some semblence
of currency, but was told that ALL dual flights require a visa.
That didn't ring true, as I thought that people who were
doing a rental check-out or BFR didn't need a special visa,
but of course I don't have a reference to the "official" document...
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Canada
Posts: 1,085
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
was told that ALL dual flights require a visa. That didn't ring true, as I thought that people who were doing a rental check-out or BFR didn't need a special visa, but of course I don't have a reference to the "official" document...
The letter confirms TSA's position that "flight training" means "only training that a candidate could use toward a new airman certificate or rating". Accordingly, the new "Alien Flight Training/Citizenship Validation Rule" doesn't apply to rental check-outs, conversion training on light aircraft (i.e., training that does not lead to an official type rating), or BFRs.
