So what do we call the old "group A"?

[shortstripper]

How do you easily refer to aircraft that used to be in the old A group?

Mention "group A" and some smart Alec will snap at you that there's no such thing anymore .... I know!

So what do we call them? It's easy for microlights or motor gliders, you just call them microlights or motorgliders, but what is the new generic term for what was group A? Is it just SEP? ... Surely a microlight is also an SEP?

I'd just like to know or an easy way to distinguish between groups that isn't confusing ... any ideas?

SS

[Hour Builder]

Group A is:

SEP + SLMG's....self launching motor gliders. If someone had group A on their old style of licence, they get SEP and SLMG on their new style licence.

HB

[foxmoth]

they get SEP and SLMG on their new style licence

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I think SS's point is that this a bit of a mouthful and we need something a bit better - I agree, how about "group A"

[Genghis the Engineer]

Group A works for me.

Failing that "light aeroplanes", which is used in a lot of airworthiness documents.

G

[S-Works]

so isnt a microlight a light aeroplane? albeit very light!

[Say again s l o w l y]

Don't tell BEagle!!!

I still call them group A to the "old hands" but SEP to everyone else.

It's a bit daft really, "light aircraft" seems to work fine in a general conversation.