Re: [Aus-soaring] Medicals

2013-10-10 Thread Ron Sanders
What about those who hold dual citizenship?? On 10 October 2013 21:53, Christopher Thorpe wrote: > The Q&A means exactly what it says. An AUSTRALIAN pilot must have an > AUSTRALIAN Medical Certificate. > > ** ** > > I’m not sure how this morphed into the requirements for foreign pilots

Re: [Aus-soaring] Medicals

2013-10-10 Thread Christopher Thorpe
No, this is not the case at all. Foreign pilots, as GFA members, are capable of making a self-declaration if they do not suffer from any of the prescribed medical conditions and do not intend to instruct or fly charter operations. Where a medical is required, GFA will accept their overseas ICA

Re: [Aus-soaring] Medicals

2013-10-10 Thread Christopher McDonnell
Thanks Christopher. That is very sensible compared to what the UK required. Chris Recognition of overseas Medical Certificates Foreign pilots who hold a valid ICAO Class 2 or higher Medical Certificate (or equivalent documentation) issued by their licencing state may fly gliders in command wh

Re: [Aus-soaring] Medicals

2013-10-10 Thread jim crowhurst
Ok thanks. So a foreign pilot must hold a class 2 or higher. Still quite restrictive. --- Original Message --- From: "Christopher Thorpe" Sent: 10 October 2013 11:54 PM To: "'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.'" Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Medicals The Q&A means exactl

Re: [Aus-soaring] Aus-soaring Digest, Vol 121, Issue 10

2013-10-10 Thread Casey Jay Lewis
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Re: [Aus-soaring] Medicals

2013-10-10 Thread Christopher Thorpe
The Q&A means exactly what it says. An AUSTRALIAN pilot must have an AUSTRALIAN Medical Certificate. I'm not sure how this morphed into the requirements for foreign pilots, but there is a separate page dedicated to foreign pilots at the following link:-

Re: [Aus-soaring] Medicals

2013-10-10 Thread Christopher McDonnell
I went to the UK recently for the Vintage Rally. The club there told me I would have to have the UK medical certificate signed by a UK licenced practitioner. Luckily for me my GP here had retained his UK licence so he signed it addending his licence number. I thought it odd that I could arrive in

[Aus-soaring] Medicals

2013-10-10 Thread jim crowhurst
I have just been reading the medicals section of the OPS part of the GFA website and was looking at the FAQ. With respect to overseas pilots, I am confused I am an Australian Citizen but hold a Class 1/Class 2 Medical Certificate issued overseas. Can I use this to meet GFA’s medical requi

Re: [Aus-soaring] Gerhard Waibel lecture

2013-10-10 Thread emilis prelgauskas
Thank you Bernard I will attend On 10/10/2013, at 5:19 PM, Future Aviation wrote: Gerhard Waibel will be visiting Adelaide in early November and he has kindly agreed to giving a lecture at the UniSA campus at Mawson Lakes in Adelaide. For further details please refer to the attached flyer.