A friend of mine can fly a B747 in any country Qantas still goes to but when it came to gliding he got the BGA licence which got him out of trouble and could fly in various countries Ian M
On 28 March 2013 18:23, Adam Woolley <go_soar...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Great Question Ron, > > I got what you were chasing straight up. I'm in the same boat for many of > my future championships around the glove. For the others that haven't > figured out the Question: > > Can I go to a Lithuanian competition and compete in a German registered > glider; or > Can I go to a Polish competition with a Slovakian registered glider; or > Can I go to a Slovakian competition with a French registered glider: or > etc > > One thing I can answer, when I obtain a BGA license I'll be able to fly a > Finnish glider at the Finland Pre-WGC this year. > > > Cheers, > WPP > > > > On 28/03/2013, at 5:36 PM, steph...@internode.on.net wrote: > > Ron, > > This is my understanding from digging into it a few years ago (and getting > a French recognition of my PPL**). Hope it make sense to you. > > 1. To fly an aircraft registered to a particular country you need a > matching license* issued by the country of aircraft registration. > > 2. The "license" can be one normally issued by the particular country or > there can be some hoops to jump through where they will recognise a foreign > license and and deem that equivalent (to some or all of the national > license). > > 3. If you are legally flying a partcular countries registered aircraft, > you may legally fly it into, out of, or inside a foriegn country provided > that you meet the customs/border controls etc between the two. > > 4. There are effectively no controls between most (all?) European states > due to an agreement in place for some years (Schengen treaty) > > So the real answer. Yes, you can fly an Italian glider in a German > competition _if_ you have your license accepted by the Italians. > > *The big issue that we have (had) is that glider pilots in Australia (and > UK and NZ) _dont_ (didn't) have a license. At least not one recognised by > most foreign countries. > > **My French endorsement said something along the lines of "can excercise > all the priviledges of his license" and as my PPL only had single engine > below 5700kg and didn't have any glider endorsement I couldn't fly French > gliders even though I have much more time in gliders than power. > > Regards > > SWK > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." < > aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net> > > To: > <aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net> > Cc: > > Sent: > Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:58:32 +0800 > Subject: > [Aus-soaring] Glider Pilots License > > > Guys , > > I have question regards this new license - if i get one and just say the > selectors went stark raving mad and i got to represent Australia to attend > an international competition in say Germany, And the only glider I could > rent or hire was an Itialian one, can i fly it in German airspace?? > > Interested. > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >
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