Are FAA qualified PPL only allowed to fly US reg a/c?
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FD we have had this before on here, and IIRC it is the FAA's own rules which preclude FAA-PPLs (without an IR) flying at night in the UK due to the IFR requirement at night here. If I can find one of the many threads where this was discussed I'll post the link 
SVFR would be okay, but you won't get far before you're into F or G and therefore required to be under IFR. Maybe a few circuits at an airfield inside D or higher
SVFR would be okay, but you won't get far before you're into F or G and therefore required to be under IFR. Maybe a few circuits at an airfield inside D or higher
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FWIW I have it in writing from the CAA that as far as they are concerned the IMCR is valid in any reg plane, and I have it in writing from the FAA that the IMCR is considered "equivalent to the FAA IR".
The latter just means that the IMCR is valid in an N-reg, within its own ANO limitations i.e. UK only, Class D and below, just like it would be in a G.
So night flight in an N-reg is OK with an IMCR (and a UK PPL of course, with the NQ). Though I agree not with an FAA PPL alone*.
The above is marginally relevant but useful to someone who has put the plane on N, has a UK PPL+IMCR, but has not yet got the FAA IR.
* Don't have time to wade through the ANO right now, but a good question is whether the right to fly IFR in VMC (unique to the UK) is granted to a CAA PPL, or is a general VFR (PPL) right within UK airspace. If the latter, then an FAA PPL could fly a G-reg at night, VMC.
Beagle - The US import car isn't relevant either because cars don't travel cross-country like planes routinely do. One could make a case for comparing planes with the TV Licence.
If I wanted to continually evade speed camera tickets, I would just change the (foreign reg) car every few months. Just like one will always be able to do with an aircraft, come to think of it; just gets expensive. Under ICAO, they can't stop visitation. The whole proposal is barmy.
The latter just means that the IMCR is valid in an N-reg, within its own ANO limitations i.e. UK only, Class D and below, just like it would be in a G.
So night flight in an N-reg is OK with an IMCR (and a UK PPL of course, with the NQ). Though I agree not with an FAA PPL alone*.
The above is marginally relevant but useful to someone who has put the plane on N, has a UK PPL+IMCR, but has not yet got the FAA IR.
* Don't have time to wade through the ANO right now, but a good question is whether the right to fly IFR in VMC (unique to the UK) is granted to a CAA PPL, or is a general VFR (PPL) right within UK airspace. If the latter, then an FAA PPL could fly a G-reg at night, VMC.
Beagle - The US import car isn't relevant either because cars don't travel cross-country like planes routinely do. One could make a case for comparing planes with the TV Licence.
If I wanted to continually evade speed camera tickets, I would just change the (foreign reg) car every few months. Just like one will always be able to do with an aircraft, come to think of it; just gets expensive. Under ICAO, they can't stop visitation. The whole proposal is barmy.
Last edited by IO540; 11th Sep 2005 at 15:36.
