License conversions

We can convert your ICAO licenses, this can be an FAA, SA, or from any ICAO state of the world - to a JAR- PPL-H licence

Requirements for conversion:

You have to have 100 hours of total flying time (TT) this includes also your training hours towards your PPL-H valid PPL licence and a valid medical class 2 (JAR).

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You have to do 2 written tests:

Human Factors and Perfomance, and
Air Navigation Law

If you don’t have the 100 h of total flight time, there will be the requirement, that you have to pass all the 7 written examine.

(we will tell you where to get the books and the questionnaire) to pass a check ride (we will tell you the requirements). When you passed this examines you will get a PPL-JAR licence issued by the CAA (UK Flight authorities) Which will be valued in more than 30 countries.

Based on this licence the FAA (US authorities) will also issue a FAA – PPL licence.

Costs:

Booking fee: 100.-€
Training on one of your helicopters – see rental costs (This depends a bit on your training level - if you are ok. We will just do a 2 h preparation and familiarisation flight - than you can go for the fight test, otherwise you have to do some additional training.)
instructor: 55.-€/h
2 written examines: 50.-€ each
1 Flight test: 200.-€ (examiner fee)

The CAA will charge you about 150 pounds for issuing the licence.

This are the official text - from LASER 1-2007-

the CAA-UK bibel for everything related to flight training

The holder of a current and valid PPL(H)* issued
by an ICAO Contracting State (not being a JAA
Member State), who has flown a minimum of 100
hours and meets the JAR-FCL PPL(H) flying
experience requirements (including 5 hours
instrument instruction) as pilot of helicopters, is
credited the JAR-FCL PPL(H) training
requirements, however they will be required to
undertake the PPL(H) Skill Test on a helicopter
type for which he is qualified. Applicants wishing
to take the PPL(H) Skill Test on a helicopter type
on which they are not qualified will be required to
complete the training requirements for an
additional helicopter type as detailed in Section
F8.
• The holder of a current and valid PPL(H)* issued
by an ICAO Contracting State (not being a JAA
Member State), who has flown less than 100
hours as pilot of helicopters, but meets the
JAR-FCL PPL(H) flying experience requirements
(including 5 hours instrument instruction) is
credited the flying training, except the PPL(H)
Skill Test. Applicants wishing to take the PPL(H)
Skill Test on a helicopter type on which they are
not qualified will be required to complete the
training requirements for an additional helicopter
type as detailed in Section F8.
* If the ICAO licence has expired and/or no valid
helicopter rating has been held for a period exceeding
5 years preceding application, applicants will be
required to complete flying training at the discretion of
the Head of Training of the approved training provider,
and pass the PPL(H) Skill Test.