There isn't a European or EASA glider pilots licence
as such yet, although there probably will be eventually.
In general all the European countries accept each others
qualifications, except the sodding Frogs who won't
accept the UK qualifications. They have never forgiven
us for the Battles of Trafalgar and Waterloo, and for
winning their country back off the Germans for them
in WW2 (with a bit of help from the Yanks).

As long as you have an FAA licence and medical and
join a BGA recognised club as a temporary member, I
can't imagine that you would have any problems in the
UK, as long as you could produce all your documents
and a logbook.

Derek Copeland
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At 01:00 17 March 2006, Mark Lenox wrote:

Actually, what I'm really looking for is information
on the new European
license that covers all EU countries, not just the
individual countries.
Does anyone have one of these? A friend of mine has
one for power, but
he's not a glider pilot. He got his initial PPL and
Instrument ratings in
the US, then converted to a German license, then converted
again to Euro
license relatively recently. I don't entirely understand.

I figured that would really be the way to go. If
it was just paperwork,
I'd get that taken care of so next time I'm in an EU
country (which happens
fairly often as the case may be). I'd be all set anywhere
but the UK, which
it appears would require BGA approvals.


Mark


'Mark Lenox' wrote in message
...
Does anyone know if it is possible to get a European
pilot's license based
on a US license?

If so, what does it take? Is there only paperwork,
or is a checkride
involved?

Regards,



Mark Lenox