Night Flying - In USA
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Night Flying - In USA
If I have a Canadian PPL - flying a Canadian aircraft in the USA can I fly at night without a Canadian night rating given the USA does not require a night rating?
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Re: Night Flying - In USA
Not sure where the exact rule is but we can only exercise the privileges specified on our licenses. Not sure why you'd want to avoid the 20 hours of training to get your night rating. The chances of bad things happening at night definitely increase versus day.
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IIRC, you have to abide by the rules of another nation unless they are at odds with the regulation in your own country. In this case, your country doesn't authorize you to fly at night, so I'm guessing you're hooped.
There are a lot of "gotchas" in night flying; best to get the training.
There are a lot of "gotchas" in night flying; best to get the training.
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Sorry wasted looking to avoid any training. Have the hours just haven’t gotten it signed off in Canada yet.broken_slinky wrote: ↑Mon Nov 22, 2021 5:40 am Not sure where the exact rule is but we can only exercise the privileges specified on our licenses. Not sure why you'd want to avoid the 20 hours of training to get your night rating. The chances of bad things happening at night definitely increase versus day.
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Re: Night Flying - In USA
No, your Canadian license restricts you from flying at night.
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The more restrictive law applies. Since the Canadian law restricts you to daytime flight, you're restricted to daytime flight everywhere.
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So... Get it signed off? If you have all the hours and requirements, it is as easy as a signoff. There's no flight test.Grummanflyer wrote: ↑Mon Nov 22, 2021 3:52 pmSorry wasted looking to avoid any training. Have the hours just haven’t gotten it signed off in Canada yet.
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Exactly, as they were taking payment for my last hour of training, I would have been requesting the signoff. Wait too long and something happens to the FTU or instructor and then what.