No - Above that weight you could still do it but you had to do the type rating on each aircraft (as now), below that weight you could fly any single (or multi if you had the rating) as long as there was not a requirement for a type rating on that particular aircraft.

John Travolta also has a Gulfstream 3 type rating and a 747-400 type rating done at Qantas.

In Oz, I believe you could fly a private 747 on a PPL as long as you had a type rating, multi engine endorsememt, turbine endorsement. NO IR required if you stay in VFR.

Let me know when you start doing overhead joins in a 747. I'll come and watch.

Insurance
 

You would in all likelyhood find that the limiting factor will be your ability to get insured for flying the heavy stuff.

According to flight tests someone capable of driving a C182 will be able to drive the new Cessna Mustang, getting an insurance company to CYA will be the tricky bit.

cost sharing up to 4 people?
 

How does this work in the AN2?

3 people pay 1/12 each, the pilot pays 9/12?
3 people plus pilot pay 1/4 each?

Looks like 12 or so is the max then so far (at 5500kg), that does leave a little over 2t spare, any other ideas?!

Sam.

Cost sharing relates to Private Flights as defined in the ANO. It's an exemption that allows it to be a private Flight rather than Public Transport.

If it's Public Transport the limitation does not apply. Otherwise my 05:50 Easyjet departure from Gatwick to Geneva on Saturday could be run as a cost sharing Private Flight!

There are Citations designed under 5700 kg.

Can they be flown by PPL-s?