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Old April 6th 21, 02:04 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Matthew Scutter
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Default Gliding in Portugal?

On Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 9:57:08 PM UTC+10, sergiolinsandrade wrote:
On Thursday, January 13, 2005 at 12:43:17 PM UTC-2, Francisco De Almeida wrote:
Hello Bob,
Yes, there are year-round operations at Sintra (near Lisbon) and Évora, and
seasonal ops at Bragança, Seia, Covilhã, Aveiro, Castelo Branco and
Portimão. I will be pleased to give you the details of the operations closer
to your intended destination in the country, please contact me directly at
.
Regards,
Francisco de Almeida

hi, Francisco
As soon as covid measures end, I'm planning to spend time in Portugal.
Does Portuguese ANA honour American and Brazilian glider pilot licenses?

Regards
Sergio Andrade


Francisco's post was from 2005, so he won't reply, but:
As a general rule, if you want to fly an EU glider you need either a EU licence or a validation of your foreign licence from the local authority which should accept any ICAO country's licence with a bit of paperwork (can take weeks, for example in Germany). If you want to fly a glider from the same country as your licence, you can always do that in any ICAO country.