On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 15:07:07 +0100, Peter wrote:


Ron Rosenfeld wrote:

Thank you for that information. And I'll guess that the ferry pilot was
probably flying an N-registered a/c, so I'm guessing the regulation applies
to all.

Yes, the SR20 is EASA certified but the SR22 isn't (yet).

The SR20 got certified only over the dead body of some of the European
CAAs, whose view is that a parachute isn't something a proper pilot
should be provided with

My wife is from the Azores, and it is possible we may go there for extended
periods (e.g. several months). If we do, from what I have read, I would be
able to fly IFR (and night) in my N-registered a/c with my FAA license;
where I would not have those privileges in a Portugese registered a/c
unless I took some onerous tests.

To fly IFR in a Portugese reg aircraft you will need the JAA IR.

You can get that from the FAA IR with a (minimum) of 15hrs additional
flight training, plus the entire JAA PPL/IR ground school; approx 10
of the 14 ATPL ground exams.

You will also need a JAA PPL to attach it to; a few hours' flying and
a checkride, plus probably all the 6 (7?) PPL ground exams.

You could file an IFR-VFR flight plan; so long as you are VFR at the
European FIR boundary and thereafter, you are legal.

In practice, as any European "VFR" pilot with actual instrument skills
and a suitable aircraft knows, you've got to be VFR where you might
get caught, so an IFR approach (ILS etc) is out of the question given
you aren't on an IFR FP by then. So you have to make sure you are VFR
say 10-20 miles out, and preferably out of CAS, and definitely below
Class A

I've done this sort of thing 100% legally off Italy, flying some 100
miles at 1000ft above the sea, 30 miles offshore so out of VHF radio
contact. Americans have it pretty good!

The new Mooney Ovation2GX, with long-range tanks, has more than enough
range to make that flight. Now I just have to figure out how to pay for it
:-).

Marry a richer woman

It will go across the Atlantic?? What about the winds when going East?

I don't believe folk fly in the winter, when the winds are strongest. But
there are no legs to Europe longer than CYYT-LPL (St. John's, NF -- Lajes
Field, Azores) and that's only 1/2 the maximum range of the a/c.

I may have missed this bit, so let me ask again: Is it a true statement
that, so long as I have the required equipment, I can exercise my FAA IFR
privileges in Europe so long as I am flying an N-registered a/c?

Thanks.


Ron (EPM) (N5843Q, Mooney M20E) (CP, ASEL, ASES, IA)