In 2003 I did my PPL, passed the flight test and was in the process of doing the written when a death in the family basically put everything on standby.
Now 2008 I want to get back into it, but sometime over the course of 4 moves I lost my PTR.
My thoughts are: I will have to do all the air time again, however when it comes to CPL requirements I can log that which is in my logbook towards total time.
Anybody know of any loopholes to use to count previous flight time, or any other ideas?
Cheers,
TS
Getting back into it.
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Re: Getting back into it.
You're not up the creek. If you have your log book you can just transcribe the times from it into a new PTR and talk to someone at the flight school about signing it off. They shouldn't have too much problem with that once you have demonstrated that you can fly to standard. If you don't have your log book you can contact your old school about getting the data off their flight sheets. If you you don't have your log book and your old school is defunct TC should have taken their flight sheets and will be able to verify your times.
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Re: Getting back into it.
Well, for what it's worth .. I got my PPL back in 1985 (when, as my dad would say, Pontius Pilate was still in flying school), and didn't do a thing with it for over 20 years. Last fall, I started getting checked out again, and as of January, I am once again current and a qualified Private Pilot .. a very low-time, and slightly rusty Private Pilot, but nonetheless ..
What I had to do to get there ..
- Get my medical done (obviously, it had long expired)
- Get back my radio license .. there's no expiry, but I'd lost my original, and
Industry Canada, in their infinite wisdom, had lost all trace of me ever having one.
- Rewrite the PSTAR exam .. took two cracks, but I passed on the second try
- Write the groundschool checkout exam for the particular plane I'd be flying .. in this
case a Cessna 172.
- Start flying. It took a total of nine flights, and I had to demonstrate all the exercises
required in the Private Pilot flight test, and do them at, a minimum PPL-level competency.
Some came back right away .. turns, stalls, straight-and-level, in particular were pretty much
no-brainers, but most things took at least two tries to get right .. diversions and precautionaries
were particularly troublesome. I still struggle a bit with crosswinds, which is frustrating, as
once upon a time, I was a glider instructor as well, and could do crosswinds with my eyes closed
and one hand behind my back.
The good part, though, was even after 20 years, I didn't have to re-do all the lessons, and neither did I have to re-write the MOT exam, or re-pass the flight test. The school I fly with - Ottawa Aviation Services - seems quite happy and accommodating to get people back in the air if they've been away for a while, and are quite stringent in making sure someone is competent before signing them off to go solo.
Hope this helps
What I had to do to get there ..
- Get my medical done (obviously, it had long expired)
- Get back my radio license .. there's no expiry, but I'd lost my original, and
Industry Canada, in their infinite wisdom, had lost all trace of me ever having one.
- Rewrite the PSTAR exam .. took two cracks, but I passed on the second try
- Write the groundschool checkout exam for the particular plane I'd be flying .. in this
case a Cessna 172.
- Start flying. It took a total of nine flights, and I had to demonstrate all the exercises
required in the Private Pilot flight test, and do them at, a minimum PPL-level competency.
Some came back right away .. turns, stalls, straight-and-level, in particular were pretty much
no-brainers, but most things took at least two tries to get right .. diversions and precautionaries
were particularly troublesome. I still struggle a bit with crosswinds, which is frustrating, as
once upon a time, I was a glider instructor as well, and could do crosswinds with my eyes closed
and one hand behind my back.
The good part, though, was even after 20 years, I didn't have to re-do all the lessons, and neither did I have to re-write the MOT exam, or re-pass the flight test. The school I fly with - Ottawa Aviation Services - seems quite happy and accommodating to get people back in the air if they've been away for a while, and are quite stringent in making sure someone is competent before signing them off to go solo.
Hope this helps
