Cath, I went to the Reno office too! Guess by 2000 they must have had a few more Aussies through there by then. Cheers, Ron. ----- Original Message ----- From: Catherine Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 1:57 PM Subject: RE: [aus-soaring] FAA license
> I should have mentioned (wrt Ron's posting) that the Reno office of the FAA > couldn't cope with the little white card because it had no photo. We took > everything we had and let them decide and they picked the green book. They > also issued us commercial licences because of our instructors tickets. Its > likely that different offices/people cope with different things > > This was 1993. > > -Cath > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Catherine > > Conway > > Sent: Thursday, 24 January 2002 2:23 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [aus-soaring] FAA license > > > > > > When David and I went there, we had to go to an FAA office with > > our logbooks > > (we went to Reno). The thing that interested them most was the C > > certificate book because it had a number and a photo. So our US licences > > were issued for the validity period of that document (which never > > expires I > > think). They spent some time looking at our logbooks, then issued us with > > temorary licences so we could fly at Minden the same day. We used these > > same licences a few weeks later in Hawaii. The proper licences > > arrived when > > we were back in Australia. > > > > Funny thing was that our licences said aerotow only (despite > > presentation of > > our logbook which had mostly winching in it). When I queried it, the FAA > > guy said that there was no winching anyway (which is not true but we were > > not visiting a winch site so it wasn't worth the effort). > > > > Its a very interesting site - we really enjoyed it. > > Unfortunately the ridge > > wasn't working, but doing circuits that are mostly over the ocean > > is pretty > > cool. We also had a ride each in a Pitts where our aerobatics flight was > > videotaped. > > > > -Cath > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jay > > > Anderson > > > Sent: Thursday, 24 January 2002 12:26 PM > > > To: Aus-Soaring > > > Subject: [aus-soaring] FAA license > > > > > > > > > I am planning a trip to Hawaii and wish to rent a glider at > > > Dilingham Field. > > > The prooprietor has advised that to fly solo I will need a US Federal > > > Aviation Authority gliding certificate. Anyone know wht's involved in > > > obtaining one? Will the US authority recognise our FAI certificates? > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. > > > * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message > > > * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. > > * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message > > * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information. > > > > > > > -- > * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. > * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message > * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information. > > -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information.
