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Forum: Private Flying
26th Jan 2012, 19:16
Replies: 33
Views: 7,106
Posted By B4aeros

If you do the JAR syllabus in a TMG & do the...

If you do the JAR syllabus in a TMG & do the skills test with a TMG examiner, you get a JAR PPL with a TMG rating.

The reason so few people know about this is that TMG examiners are rare. AFAIK...
Forum: Private Flying
26th Jan 2012, 18:58
Replies: 115
Views: 24,403
Posted By B4aeros

I think that was just condensation in the camera...

I think that was just condensation in the camera lens.
Forum: Private Flying
25th Jan 2012, 00:54
Replies: 5
Views: 1,259
Posted By B4aeros

I believe the BGA were part of the campaign that...

I believe the BGA were part of the campaign that argued for the raise.

Lewes toTruleigh
Forum: Private Flying
24th Jan 2012, 20:34
Replies: 68
Views: 13,098
Posted By B4aeros

If you apply for a JAR Licence, it will expire in...

If you apply for a JAR Licence, it will expire in five years & you will have to pay to renew it, at which point you would be given an EASA licence.

Your CAA licence & ratings will convert directly...
Forum: Private Flying
23rd Jan 2012, 18:30
Replies: 30
Views: 4,666
Posted By B4aeros

FCL 810 describes the requirements for adding a...

FCL 810 describes the requirements for adding a night rating to an LAPL & PPL.
Forum: Private Flying
23rd Jan 2012, 05:37
Replies: 30
Views: 4,666
Posted By B4aeros

You will have to turn the LAPL(A) into a PPL(A)...

You will have to turn the LAPL(A) into a PPL(A) before you can add an IR. Page 25, FCL 210.A (b) (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/925530/EASA%20FCL.pdf)
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Jan 2012, 21:03
Replies: 5
Views: 1,259
Posted By B4aeros

Bloody ridiculous website. Surely, Peter, you are...

Bloody ridiculous website. Surely, Peter, you are capable of navigating to the Enroute Information section & finding ENR 6_2_1, or look at this...
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Jan 2012, 20:45
Replies: 5
Views: 1,259
Posted By B4aeros

You need to look to the NATS site for airspace &...

You need to look to the NATS site for airspace & charts these days. E8218, effective 17/11/2011, VFR chart amendments...
Forum: Private Flying
20th Jan 2012, 20:16
Replies: 23
Views: 3,150
Posted By B4aeros

It's implicit in the regulations isn't it? An...

It's implicit in the regulations isn't it? An EASA licence will be needed to fly an EASA aircraft, para 1.2 nof the CAA's guide (http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=620&pagetype=90&pageid=11675)...
Forum: Private Flying
20th Jan 2012, 17:18
Replies: 23
Views: 3,150
Posted By B4aeros

When you come back EASA rules will be in effect,...

When you come back EASA rules will be in effect, which means that any non-EASA licence you return with will need to be validated or converted before you can fly as P1.

At a minimum that will...
Forum: Private Flying
19th Jan 2012, 14:00
Replies: 17
Views: 2,270
Posted By B4aeros

An NPPL SSEA or SLMG will be valid for flying...

An NPPL SSEA or SLMG will be valid for flying EASA aircraft until April 2015, that's not to say that the CAA will continue to issue SLMGs or SSEAs until 2015. I would expect the NPPL admins...
Forum: Private Flying
18th Jan 2012, 00:09
Replies: 17
Views: 2,270
Posted By B4aeros

Yes, see Credits for Previous Experience, Lasors,...

Yes, see Credits for Previous Experience, Lasors, Section C. (http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=175&pagetype=90&pageid=4458)
Conversion training with an FI or CRI, NPPL licence allowances...
Forum: Private Flying
13th Jan 2012, 21:35
Replies: 61
Views: 7,824
Posted By B4aeros

Hi steakandchips, As a BGA motorglider...

Hi steakandchips,

As a BGA motorglider instructor I am fully aware of the differences between motorglider instruction & NPPL SLMG instruction.

The BGA MGIR ('R' stands for rating, not...
Forum: Private Flying
13th Jan 2012, 04:52
Replies: 61
Views: 7,824
Posted By B4aeros

JAA licences require JAA syllabus instruction...

JAA licences require JAA syllabus instruction with CAA/JAA instructors. The Motor Glider Club at Hinton is one of the very few places in the country that can give combined SLMG/CAA instruction; you...
Forum: Private Flying
12th Jan 2012, 17:35
Replies: 38
Views: 4,060
Posted By B4aeros

The problem with those examples, Bookworm, is...

The problem with those examples, Bookworm, is that none of them pertain to FL's situation, ie a glide approach to a full stop landing.

Questions as to whether the engine will restart before...
Forum: Private Flying
12th Jan 2012, 07:59
Replies: 10
Views: 2,733
Posted By B4aeros

From SkyDemon Help:

From SkyDemon Help:
Forum: Private Flying
8th Jan 2012, 12:42
Replies: 3
Views: 1,403
Posted By B4aeros

Viewranger (http://www.viewranger.com/) looks...

Viewranger (http://www.viewranger.com/) looks nice.
Track@way (http://www.trackaway.org/) says it can use Ozi .map files.
Forum: Private Flying
5th Jan 2012, 12:59
Replies: 53
Views: 11,383
Posted By B4aeros

IanPZ, if you really dig around their...

IanPZ,

if you really dig around their website hard enough, you can find where they hide the sample maps:
Memory-Map : Support : Downloads : Sample Maps & Charts...
Forum: Private Flying
11th Dec 2011, 12:43
Replies: 26
Views: 5,117
Posted By B4aeros

Abbeville, FWIW my 'one hour with an...

Abbeville,

FWIW my 'one hour with an instructor' to revalidate by experience was flown with an examiner this year. He was happy to sign the paperwork straight after the flight.
Forum: Private Flying
5th Dec 2011, 19:16
Replies: 21
Views: 3,540
Posted By B4aeros

Either. From DHSL news...

Either. From DHSL news (http://www.dhsupport.com/news.html)
Forum: Private Flying
28th Nov 2011, 20:14
Replies: 40
Views: 5,410
Posted By B4aeros

Rule 5 doesn't apply to actual landings. ...

Rule 5 doesn't apply to actual landings.

Stock is never good - if at all possible, avoid fields with livestock.

Crop fields are OK provided:


you land parallel with the wheelings (deal...
Forum: Private Flying
28th Nov 2011, 05:37
Replies: 45
Views: 12,366
Posted By B4aeros

Thank you David, that's good news. I suppose...

Thank you David, that's good news.

I suppose it would be possible if the instructors & schools were AOPA members. If you look at the ATO requirements (3 page extract...
Forum: Private Flying
26th Nov 2011, 13:35
Replies: 45
Views: 12,366
Posted By B4aeros

I'm pretty sure gliding clubs will become ATOs in...

I'm pretty sure gliding clubs will become ATOs in their own right, or possibly the BGA will become an ATO & each club will be a local branch of the BGA. Someone is going to have to train, examine &...
Forum: Private Flying
21st Nov 2011, 16:37
Replies: 18
Views: 7,050
Posted By B4aeros

MGIR & SLMG instructor ratings are not the same...

MGIR & SLMG instructor ratings are not the same thing.

A BGA MG instructor cannot instruct for the purposes of the NPPL & you are unlikely to come across one operating outside of a BGA club. SLMG...
Forum: Private Flying
19th Nov 2011, 11:52
Replies: 68
Views: 13,098
Posted By B4aeros

tismee, Either way you will need to pass a...

tismee,

Either way you will need to pass a skills test.

The JAR licence you get from the CAA will expire after 5 years & will need another cheque to turn into an EASA licence.

Direct to EASA...
Forum: Private Flying
14th Nov 2011, 22:13
Replies: 38
Views: 7,536
Posted By B4aeros

Store your pictures somewhere that is publically...

Store your pictures somewhere that is publically accessible, eg Photobucket, Picasa, Dropbox etc & then paste the url in the "insert image" dialogue.

Or use urlgoeshere tags.
Forum: Private Flying
9th Nov 2011, 11:07
Replies: 5
Views: 1,353
Posted By B4aeros

You can turn an NPPL(M) gained in flexwings into...

You can turn an NPPL(M) gained in flexwings into an SSEA with the appropriate differences training, as much as is needed to pass the SSEA skills test. NPPL allowances...
Forum: Private Flying
7th Nov 2011, 12:02
Replies: 5
Views: 1,353
Posted By B4aeros

An NPPL(SSEA) can be turned into a JAR-PPL. You...

An NPPL(SSEA) can be turned into a JAR-PPL. You will need to do all the PPL exams, get a JAR medical & pass the PPL flight test, all of which is likely to cost £500+.

You will also need to have...
Forum: Private Flying
7th Nov 2011, 11:21
Replies: 15
Views: 3,805
Posted By B4aeros

Under the current CAA regulations SLMG/TMGs,...

Under the current CAA regulations SLMG/TMGs, SSEA/SEPs & microlights are all variations on a theme; a licence & experience in one can be credited towards the issue of a licence/rating in another with...
Forum: Private Flying
6th Nov 2011, 18:40
Replies: 15
Views: 3,805
Posted By B4aeros

SLMG licence first, definitely. a) it will...

SLMG licence first, definitely.

a) it will be cheaper & automatically come with a tailwheel rating
b) it's much easier to add a microlight rating to an SLMG licence than vice versa
c) come EASA...
Forum: Private Flying
1st Nov 2011, 12:54
Replies: 29
Views: 9,825
Posted By B4aeros

Astir,That shouldn't be the case. When I...

Astir,That shouldn't be the case.

When I learnt to aerotow on a hang glider (90s) the trikes had a higher stall speed & flew faster than the gliders. We took off before the trike & had to hold the...
Forum: Private Flying
28th Oct 2011, 20:52
Replies: 28
Views: 8,016
Posted By B4aeros

Completely legal to fly over but probably...

Completely legal to fly over but probably sensible to avoid - I suspect that your instructor is testing your airmanship & flight planning skills.
Forum: Private Flying
21st Oct 2011, 19:43
Replies: 7
Views: 6,691
Posted By B4aeros

No idea, send me a link & I'll give it a go. ...

No idea, send me a link & I'll give it a go.

Ozi desktop maps are usually images with a calibration file, aren't they? Calibrating a map image in MM is easy, it's the scanning that's a pain.
Forum: Private Flying
20th Oct 2011, 21:42
Replies: 7
Views: 6,691
Posted By B4aeros

QCT files are easy to make - if you have the...

QCT files are easy to make - if you have the right version of Memory Map. You need to download the free MM desktop software & then buy the US$50 Discoverer to Navigator upgrade. The OS made MM remove...
Forum: Private Flying
13th Oct 2011, 08:52
Replies: 14
Views: 1,368
Posted By B4aeros

I'm sure Ryan 5252 is referring to the new EASA...

I'm sure Ryan 5252 is referring to the new EASA rules.

I can find no requirement for the instructor to hold more ratings than the student, only thatand in a later section
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