CAA/JAA/EASA Hassle: Why not do FAA PPL instead?
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They did indeed but on leaving the USA you have to comply with International regulations which include Radio Licences!
They did indeed but on leaving the USA you have to comply with International regulations which include Radio Licences!
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International regulations or local regulations? I know that the UK requires a radio licence; however, I just need to get a UK licence, not an American one...
International regulations or local regulations? I know that the UK requires a radio licence; however, I just need to get a UK licence, not an American one...
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piperboy, it's YOU who needs the FCC license! Sending money to the CAA won't help, the FCC want your hard earned cash ( IIRC 60 bucks). And yes, N-reg outside the US, you need one. No big deal, see my post above.
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Another point often missed, is your FAA PPL a stand alone licence or has it been issued on the strength of a foreign licence.
I,m gonna get the license applied for Monday
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- You must normally have an FAA pilots licence (see point 4)
- This licence can be stand alone or 61.75
- The 61.75 licence gives the same privileges as a normal licence. EXCEPT - if there are restrictions on your foreign licence (as in written on your foreign licence) like NO NIGHT FLIGHT then these restrictions apply to your 61.75 licence (I have seen, but don't have to hand, FAA documentation that specifically addresses the issue of Australian 'type' specific restrictions and these do not appear on the licence and therefore do not apply to a 61.75 FAA PPL)
- You can fly an N-reg without a FAA licence as well if you have a licence issued by the state (and the FAA has said EASA is not a state) in which you are flying (so a UK CAA issued licence lets you fly an N-reg in the UK ONLY)
- Your aircraft must have a radio station licence if it has any radios in it and is operated outside the US
- You as a pilot must have a radio licence if you operate a radio in an N-reg outside the US
- Both of these are pure paperwork licences (fill in form and send money)
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On FAA and radio licences - I own an N reg airplane which I fly on an FAA licence in Barbados (the trust is SAC from the UK - go figure!).
I was issued a radio licence for the airplane for when it left the US - it is no a personal radio operator licence but rather a licence for the airplane to be a "radio station" - it was not needed by the US authorities for use in the US but rather so as not to possibly break the laws of the islands I passed through flying the airplane down here.
I was issued a radio licence for the airplane for when it left the US - it is no a personal radio operator licence but rather a licence for the airplane to be a "radio station" - it was not needed by the US authorities for use in the US but rather so as not to possibly break the laws of the islands I passed through flying the airplane down here.
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Suggest you read the following thread on the need for a FCC radio license:
http://www.pprune.org/north-america/...rtificate.html
http://www.pprune.org/north-america/...rtificate.html