Solo before 17?-other than gliding?
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Solo before 17?-other than gliding?
Ok folks. I'm currently 15, I'll be 16 in March 2000 and I leave school in June 2000 hopefully with 8 GCSE passes. I am currently training on gliders but the club that I go to is quite a distance away from where I live. I find it difficult to travel to the club and I'm not exactly enthusiastic about going gliding but it is flying experience and has got to count for something, because of this I get about 2 flights per month only. So, when the time comes to go gliding again my flying is 'rusty'. I prefer power flying a lot, lot more but unfortunately as far as I know there is no form of flying that allows people to solo under the age of 17 unlike gliding where you may solo from the age of 16. If there was another form of flying which allowed a person to solo under the age of 17 I'd be much more enthusiastic. Could anybody please tell me if there is any other form of flying other than gliding that allow you to solo at the age of 16 as I really really really would like some power flying experience other than Cessna/Piper type aircraft.
Also has anybody got any ideas on how much other forms of flying cost. Such as paramotoring.
Thanks in advance.
Darren
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Happy Landings!
Also has anybody got any ideas on how much other forms of flying cost. Such as paramotoring.
Thanks in advance.
Darren
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Happy Landings!
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Darren,
Why don't you go along and join your local Volunteer Gliding School as a Staff Cadet. If you join a VGS with the Vigilant aircraft you will get some power flying experience.
If you put some effort into it you might even be flying famil trips as Captain in a couple of years. Much more interesting than flying around in circles in a spamcan!
The flying is free and its good fun. You can find the number in the phone book or surf to: www.cranwell.raf.mod.uk/atc/atc.htm
Have fun!
Vigi
[This message has been edited by Vigilant Driver (edited 16 September 1999).]
Why don't you go along and join your local Volunteer Gliding School as a Staff Cadet. If you join a VGS with the Vigilant aircraft you will get some power flying experience.
If you put some effort into it you might even be flying famil trips as Captain in a couple of years. Much more interesting than flying around in circles in a spamcan!
The flying is free and its good fun. You can find the number in the phone book or surf to: www.cranwell.raf.mod.uk/atc/atc.htm
Have fun!
Vigi
[This message has been edited by Vigilant Driver (edited 16 September 1999).]
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They did but no licence can be held until the age of 17. What if I trained in USA? would I still need to be 17? What is the mimimum age for a FAA PPL(A) licence? and would I be able to fly in UK with an FAA PPL(A) licence? even if I was under the age for a JAA/CAA PPL(A)?
Darren
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Happy Landings!
Darren
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Happy Landings!
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Found on the Flight Crew Licensing website http://www.srg.caa.co.uk/News/Solo17.htm
Hope this helps.
SP
SOLO FLYING UNDER THE AGE OF 17 YEARS
Changes to the United Kingdom law to allow the full implementation of Joint Aviation
Requirements-Flight Crew Licensing 1 and 3 came into force on 1 September 1999.
One of the changes is to Article 21 of the Air Navigation Order which allows a student
pilot to act as pilot in command of an aircraft if he is at least 16 years of age rather than
17. The minimum age to hold a Private Pilot Licence remains at 17 years.
From 1 July 1999, United Kingdom Medical Certificates ceased to be issued and were
replaced by JAR Medical Certificates. Holders of a Medical Certificate issued in
accordance with JAR-FCL 3 would in any event be able to act as pilot in command (ie
as a pilot under training who does not yet hold a licence) from the age of 16 years.
However, holders of a UK Medical Certificate will note that under the "Privileges of a
Student Pilot" it states that the "certificate permits the holder subject to being 17 years
old or more to act as a pilot in command of an aircraft...". To allow for solo flight by
student pilots between 16 and 17 years of age, a General Exemption has been issued
with the following text:
" The Civil Aviation Authority in exercise of its powers under Article 116 of the Air
Navigation (No. 2) Order 1995 ("the Order") hereby exempts any person undergoing
flight instruction for the grant or renewal of a pilot's licence or the inclusion or variation of
a rating therein (the "said person") from the provision in the United Kingdom Civil
Aviation Authority Medical Certificate requiring that the said person shall be at least
17 years of age before acting as pilot-in-command of an aircraft.
This Exemption is subject to the following conditions:
a)
1
on any flight made pursuant to this Exemption the said person shall be at least 16
years of age;
b)
11
no flight shall be made pursuant to this Exemption other than a flight undertaken
during a course of flight instruction for the initial grant of a pilot's licence and
associated aeroplane type or class rating.
This Exemption shall, unless previously revoked or suspended, have effect from the
date hereof until 30th June 2000."
Changes to the United Kingdom law to allow the full implementation of Joint Aviation
Requirements-Flight Crew Licensing 1 and 3 came into force on 1 September 1999.
One of the changes is to Article 21 of the Air Navigation Order which allows a student
pilot to act as pilot in command of an aircraft if he is at least 16 years of age rather than
17. The minimum age to hold a Private Pilot Licence remains at 17 years.
From 1 July 1999, United Kingdom Medical Certificates ceased to be issued and were
replaced by JAR Medical Certificates. Holders of a Medical Certificate issued in
accordance with JAR-FCL 3 would in any event be able to act as pilot in command (ie
as a pilot under training who does not yet hold a licence) from the age of 16 years.
However, holders of a UK Medical Certificate will note that under the "Privileges of a
Student Pilot" it states that the "certificate permits the holder subject to being 17 years
old or more to act as a pilot in command of an aircraft...". To allow for solo flight by
student pilots between 16 and 17 years of age, a General Exemption has been issued
with the following text:
" The Civil Aviation Authority in exercise of its powers under Article 116 of the Air
Navigation (No. 2) Order 1995 ("the Order") hereby exempts any person undergoing
flight instruction for the grant or renewal of a pilot's licence or the inclusion or variation of
a rating therein (the "said person") from the provision in the United Kingdom Civil
Aviation Authority Medical Certificate requiring that the said person shall be at least
17 years of age before acting as pilot-in-command of an aircraft.
This Exemption is subject to the following conditions:
a)
1
on any flight made pursuant to this Exemption the said person shall be at least 16
years of age;
b)
11
no flight shall be made pursuant to this Exemption other than a flight undertaken
during a course of flight instruction for the initial grant of a pilot's licence and
associated aeroplane type or class rating.
This Exemption shall, unless previously revoked or suspended, have effect from the
date hereof until 30th June 2000."
SP
