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Medical requirements are in 61.23, not 61.75. If you have a 61.75 certificate you still have to satisfy the requirements of 61.23, if your CAA medical doesn't then your CAA medical isn't valid to fly in FAA jurisdiction. Just a thought, I have no idea what gcolyer's circumstances are, and no idea what happened when he turned up for his 61.75 PP-ASEL.
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The "reciprocal" FAA certificate is NOT a major hurdle, and if you're going to the USA anyway, if you do the paperwork right it's easy.
I've never heard before of anyone being asked to get an FAA medical for a reciprocal, and I flew in the USA for many, many years on my reciprocal. You DO need a BFR (now) before you can fly with a shiny new reciprocal (it wasn't that way in the distant days when I got mine).
To be honest, I'd stick with the reciprocal unless you're training in the USA for further ratings - in which case, you'll have to do all the TSA and Visa stuff anyway, and might as well get an unrestricted US certificate to bolt your IR (or whatever) to. I did the FAA PPL after the IR, which caused some confusion in the system (mainly because the examiner was less than keen to do a PPL checkride for someone he'd passed for an IR a couple of days before).
I've never heard before of anyone being asked to get an FAA medical for a reciprocal, and I flew in the USA for many, many years on my reciprocal. You DO need a BFR (now) before you can fly with a shiny new reciprocal (it wasn't that way in the distant days when I got mine).
To be honest, I'd stick with the reciprocal unless you're training in the USA for further ratings - in which case, you'll have to do all the TSA and Visa stuff anyway, and might as well get an unrestricted US certificate to bolt your IR (or whatever) to. I did the FAA PPL after the IR, which caused some confusion in the system (mainly because the examiner was less than keen to do a PPL checkride for someone he'd passed for an IR a couple of days before).
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Ok. lets ask glycoler. When you applied for your FAA part 61.75 certificate...
What class of CAA/JAA medical certificate did you hold?
How old were you when you obtained that certificate?
How many calender month had passed since you obtained that certificate?
Did the require you to have an FAA medical, or did they give you the option of obtaining an FAA medical certificate if you couldn't easily obtain a new JAA certificate.
What class of CAA/JAA medical certificate did you hold?
How old were you when you obtained that certificate?
How many calender month had passed since you obtained that certificate?
Did the require you to have an FAA medical, or did they give you the option of obtaining an FAA medical certificate if you couldn't easily obtain a new JAA certificate.
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ok, now comes a very very stoopid question, but anyway:
What if i can't choose FSDO? I don't know where in USA i will be next time (because of job), so is it possible just to order this FAA license based on my JAA-PPL just posted to me to Germany?
What if i can't choose FSDO? I don't know where in USA i will be next time (because of job), so is it possible just to order this FAA license based on my JAA-PPL just posted to me to Germany?
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Ok. lets ask glycoler. When you applied for your FAA part 61.75 certificate...
What class of CAA/JAA medical certificate did you hold?
How old were you when you obtained that certificate?
How many calender month had passed since you obtained that certificate?
Did the require you to have an FAA medical, or did they give you the option of obtaining an FAA medical certificate if you couldn't easily obtain a new JAA certificate.
What class of CAA/JAA medical certificate did you hold?
How old were you when you obtained that certificate?
How many calender month had passed since you obtained that certificate?
Did the require you to have an FAA medical, or did they give you the option of obtaining an FAA medical certificate if you couldn't easily obtain a new JAA certificate.
2) 30
3) 4 months
The FAA insisted on an FAA medical.
My CAA/JAA class 2 has no clauses or conditional terms other than having to wear glasses.
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As far as I am aware..No.. you must attend an FSDO to complete the application.
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In that case gycoler I cannot provide an explanation. If you have been 25 and your JAA medical was over 36 calendar months ago it would make sense.
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More trivia on student cross countries for englishal. FAA students are forbidden to fly internationally, except for flights from three specified airports to White Horse Airport in The Yukon, Canada.
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I'm assuming you mean TSA - security check. No, for the restricted FAA cert issued on the strength of a foreign based license, there is no TSA check - as you are not training - you are simply getting a "like for like" cert.
If training were to take place then you would need TSA clearance and also a visa would be required.
For example, if you have no night qualification - then you cannot fly at night on the FAA restricted cert unless you trained - and if you were to get the training in the US, then again TSA and visa are required.
So only get the FAA restricted cert if you intend coming for a vacation and wish to fly PIC whilst here. Remember however, that once you get the FAA restrricted cert - you need to 'activate' it with a BFR - so you will need to study FAR/AIM.
If training were to take place then you would need TSA clearance and also a visa would be required.
For example, if you have no night qualification - then you cannot fly at night on the FAA restricted cert unless you trained - and if you were to get the training in the US, then again TSA and visa are required.
So only get the FAA restricted cert if you intend coming for a vacation and wish to fly PIC whilst here. Remember however, that once you get the FAA restrricted cert - you need to 'activate' it with a BFR - so you will need to study FAR/AIM.
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all i want is just to fly in USA as PIC during some business visits , just flying for fun. Other thing is, that i don't have JAA NQ, so it could be much cheaper to make this 5 hour training in USA (no landing fees etc.) and use them towards my JAA NQ. Maybe in feature some day i will make standalone FAA-PPL and i'll need this night flight time anyway. But if i need TSA and visa to make 5 hour night training....i'll think about it really
As I said, ANY training done in the US by a non US citizen requires the TSA security clearance. If you are not a resident of the US, then you will need the correct type of visa to allow training.
You need a visa for the training for the issuance of a license or certificate;
Private, Instrument and Multi engine training.
You do not need a visa for; BFR, check-out (on an airplane you have never flown before therefore also training) a tail wheel endorsement, a complex/high performance endorsement.
Therefore also not for night flying. However, you cannot train for a CAA NQ with a US instructor at a school which is not a CAA approved FTO.
You can fly your night time, but no US instructor in his right mind would sign somebody off for solo night. Liability reasons.
Besides, if you want to fly solo night you would need to do the student presolo written exam, presolo flight training of 61.87 and a third class medical.
Pretty useless to go this route, just do your unrestricted stand alone US PPL and get it over with. My 2 cents.....
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if you plan for Florida.
