How to do a CV and get into bush flying
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From: Lusaka and Joburg
A PS to this post.
Get yourself a C206/C210 rating asap. No Charter company flies the small Pipers. But please note that it is very difficult to find a C206 for conversions in Africa. Loads are working here, but trainers are rare!!
Get yourself a C206/C210 rating asap. No Charter company flies the small Pipers. But please note that it is very difficult to find a C206 for conversions in Africa. Loads are working here, but trainers are rare!!
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From: Switzerland
It is also very difficult to find a SEL plane that needs a type rating 
Last time i checked a C210/C206 were classified as "small airplanes" (less than 12500lbs MTOW), and they didn't have a jet engine
Btw, you could also go to Alaska. Here a link in the AOPA magazine i just got:
www.elliottbay.com/wildblue
doens't sound to bad if your a low timer with no job - international pilots can work for up to 3 years there.
Last time i checked a C210/C206 were classified as "small airplanes" (less than 12500lbs MTOW), and they didn't have a jet engine
Btw, you could also go to Alaska. Here a link in the AOPA magazine i just got:
www.elliottbay.com/wildblue
doens't sound to bad if your a low timer with no job - international pilots can work for up to 3 years there.
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From: Lusaka and Joburg
Ratings. Yes & No.
In most of Southern Africa you have to get a rating on EACH aircraft type.
So for example the move from C150 to C172 to C206 to C210 requires a written tech exam AND a couple of hours flying conversion by an instructor. This even applies with the move from C210 to C210 turbo. These exams/conversion flights are not arduous and can be done in a day, but be prepared.
I am not absolutely sure about this but I think if you have a British CPL with a C210 in your log bok endorsed by an instructor, then they accept this as a rating. I will have to check this with Zambian CAA
In most of Southern Africa you have to get a rating on EACH aircraft type.
So for example the move from C150 to C172 to C206 to C210 requires a written tech exam AND a couple of hours flying conversion by an instructor. This even applies with the move from C210 to C210 turbo. These exams/conversion flights are not arduous and can be done in a day, but be prepared.
I am not absolutely sure about this but I think if you have a British CPL with a C210 in your log bok endorsed by an instructor, then they accept this as a rating. I will have to check this with Zambian CAA
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From: Rip-off Strasse
It works like an endorsement, but since you are checked out in a particular aircraft you are therefore "rated"
Not to be confused with a type rating though...
And in some countries if you get checked out in a certain aorcrat, say a Cessna 210, you are automatically checked out in a Cessna 172 even though you may never have flown an hour in one.
Mattpilot, good link.Here`s another one;
www.fly-alaska.com
It gives you all the names and phone #`s of all operators in the state.
Anyone else got one?
Not to be confused with a type rating though...
And in some countries if you get checked out in a certain aorcrat, say a Cessna 210, you are automatically checked out in a Cessna 172 even though you may never have flown an hour in one.
Mattpilot, good link.Here`s another one;
www.fly-alaska.com
It gives you all the names and phone #`s of all operators in the state.
Anyone else got one?
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From: Switzerland
http://www.fly-alaska.com/ .... doesn't work
i did a search on on MSN and found this link
http://www.flyalaska.com/
i did a search on on MSN and found this link
http://www.flyalaska.com/
