Microlight Licence :: NPPL

THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF LICENCE

1) RESTRICTED - This licence has operational limitations and must meet the following criteria:

• Minimum 15 hours of instruction - at least 7 of which must be solo (Must be completed within 9 months prior to licence application)
  
  
• Pass the 5 Ground Exams (Must be completed within 12 months prior to licence application)
  
  
• Pass the Ground Oral exam specific to the aircraft type (Must be completed within 9 months prior to licence application)
  
  
• Pass the Generals Skills Test (Must be completed within 9 months prior to licence application)

  A Restricted licence has the following restrictions:

  - Only permitted to fly outside a radius of 8NM from your take off point.
  - Visibility must be at least 10KM
  - There must be less than 15 knots of surface wind
  - The Cloudbase must not be less than 1000ft
  - Not permitted to carry passengers (Unless you have 25 hours flying - 10 of which you acted as Pilot In Command and is signed of by an examiner.)

2) UNRESTRICTED - This licence must meet the following criteria:

• Minimum of 25 hours instruction - 10 of which you are Pilot in Command and of which 5 hours are Navigation of which 3 hours are solo cross country flying completing two solo cross country flights of 40 nautical miles or more landing at two different airfields which must be at least 15 nautical miles from take off point. (Must be completed within 9 months prior to licence application)
  
  
• Pass the 5 Ground Exams (Must be completed within 12 months prior to licence application)
  
  
• Pass the Ground Oral exam specific to the aircraft type (Must be completed within 9 months prior to licence application)
  
  
• Pass the Generals Skills Test (Must be completed within 9 months prior to licence application)

A Restricted licence is initially a solo local flying licence, which includes weather restrictions. The restrictions are lifted on completion of the unrestricted licence training requirements.

KEEPING A LICENCE VALID

Apart from being in possession of a current declaration of fitness to keep your licence valid, there are naturally flying requirements to be fulfilled as outlined below:

• Your flying log book must be stamped by an Examiner very 13 months confirming that you have flown 5 hours of which 3 must have been Pilot in command. The other 2 hours may be dual with an instructor or examiner. Your log book will be stamped with a Certificate of Experience. If you do not meet this requirement, you will be required to undergo a flight test by an examiner within 26 months from the date of your last Certificate of Experience. On successful completion of this flight test, you will have your log book stamped with a Certificate of Test.
  
  
• If in the last 90 days, you haven't made 3 takeoffs & landingsas Pilot in command then you CANNOT carry a passenger until you have made 3 takeoffs/landings within a 90 day period, irrespective of your rating. So this rule applies to instructors and examiners as well as pilots.