MD600 Type rating
For what it's worth , in laymans terms ( which is what I am regarding regulations ! ) I believe the following is correct .
Fairly soon ( not sure of date ) you will not be allowed to fly G reg on FAA ticket here . There is no plan to stop flying N reg on FAA ticket here but there may be plan to not allow N reg to stay here . I do not believe it would be possible to stop the flying of N reg with FAA ticket ...... To do that you would have to stop all US planes from landing here ..... And that is not going to happen .
What I would like to know is why ?? Are FAA pilots crashing more than CAA ones ? Or is it that the FAA system is so superior to ours in Europe , so much simpler to stay current and legal and so much cheaper , that it has to be stopped before all ppl,s realise they are being ripped off and conned , priced out of being able to fly in the UK . Just look at the ratings that you poor EASA guys have to pay for !!! Even having training to go from 206 to 206L ..... Every different variant needing expensive and unnecessary training and a lot of you are being trained by instructors with less than 5% of the hours on type that you may have ...it's ridiculous!!!
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Fairly soon ( not sure of date ) you will not be allowed to fly G reg on FAA ticket here . There is no plan to stop flying N reg on FAA ticket here but there may be plan to not allow N reg to stay here . I do not believe it would be possible to stop the flying of N reg with FAA ticket ...... To do that you would have to stop all US planes from landing here ..... And that is not going to happen .
What I would like to know is why ?? Are FAA pilots crashing more than CAA ones ? Or is it that the FAA system is so superior to ours in Europe , so much simpler to stay current and legal and so much cheaper , that it has to be stopped before all ppl,s realise they are being ripped off and conned , priced out of being able to fly in the UK . Just look at the ratings that you poor EASA guys have to pay for !!! Even having training to go from 206 to 206L ..... Every different variant needing expensive and unnecessary training and a lot of you are being trained by instructors with less than 5% of the hours on type that you may have ...it's ridiculous!!!
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so Nigel under the FAA system you can fly any helicopter under 12700lbs ( ? not sure on exact weight ) with no extra training. So can I borrow your 109, never flown one but have 7000 hours plus on other types, I am sure i won't damage the machine
In principle yes ! I wouldn't need you to do a type rating . I would check ride you myself and do emergencies . Probably like you , I have flown many different types of helicopters and have never found one yet that doesn't fly just like all the others . As an example I got in a Bolkow the other day . No instruction and from lift off flew it as smooth as I would with 100 hrs on it . Only training I would need would be specific vices like tucking into RH turns . On fenestron machines it would be some training on pedal input .
On 350 it would be servo transparency.
Luckily I haven't found any vices on the 109 , so yes I am certain you could fly it very safely with only an hour or two practice . ( but you would need to do a bit more before taking passengers )
On 350 it would be servo transparency.
Luckily I haven't found any vices on the 109 , so yes I am certain you could fly it very safely with only an hour or two practice . ( but you would need to do a bit more before taking passengers )
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If your aircraft is N -reg no one can stop you flying it with an faa ticket except the faa ! The problem at the moment is that if you take you EASA ticket to the states they will issue you a permit to based on that license if you come the other way they won't hence the problem .
An faa license does not allow you to jump from a r22 into a 109 , you have to do training as required but there is no type rating and the training is with an instructor with no test at the end could be 1 hour could be 50 depends on the instructor who signs your logbook at the end !
Sorry about spelling grammar etc in a rush have to go flying !
An faa license does not allow you to jump from a r22 into a 109 , you have to do training as required but there is no type rating and the training is with an instructor with no test at the end could be 1 hour could be 50 depends on the instructor who signs your logbook at the end !
Sorry about spelling grammar etc in a rush have to go flying !
I have a stand alone license and actually yes you can just jump from an R22 to an A109 with no training . I would tend to agree that only the FAA can stop you flying an N reg aircraft . If you get issued an FAA licence on the back of your EASA one then things are different i agree re ratings . Now im off to fly the 109 i have no rating for ...what a joy !!!!
