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Part FCL Annex I - Flight Crew Licencing

(3) Items marked (*) should be completed in simulated IMC and may be completed in
daylight.
(4) The flying exercises should comprise:
(i) Exercise 1:
(A) revise basic manoeuvres when flying by sole reference to instruments*;
(B) explain and demonstrate transition to instrument flight from visual flight*;
(C) explain and revise recovery from unusual attitudes by sole reference to
instruments*.
(ii) Exercise 2: Explain and demonstrate the use of radio navigation aids when
flying by sole reference to instruments, to include position finding and
tracking*.
(iii) Exercise 3: Explain and demonstrate the use of radar assistance*.
(iv) Exercise 4:
(A) explain and demonstrate the use and adjustment of landing light;
(B) explain and demonstrate night hovering:
a) higher and slower than by day;
b) avoidance of unintended sideways or backwards movements.
(C) explain and demonstrate night take-off techniques;
(D) explain and demonstrate night circuit technique;
(E) explain and demonstrate night approaches (constant angle) with or
without visual approach aids to:
a) heliports;
b) illuminated touchdown areas.
(F) practise take-off's, circuits and approaches;
(G) explain and demonstrate night emergency procedures to include:
a) simulated engine failure (to be terminated with power recovery at
a safe altitude);
b) simulated engine failure, including SE approach and landing (ME
only);
c) simulated inadvertent entry to IMC (not on base leg or final);
d) simulated hydraulic control failure (to include landing);
e) internal and external lighting failure;
f) other malfunctions and emergency procedures as required by the
aircraft flight manual.
(v) Exercise 5: Solo night circuits.
(vi) Exercise 6:
(A) explain and demonstrate night cross-country techniques;
(B) practise night cross-country dual flight and either flight as SPIC or
supervised solo to a satisfactory standard.
FCL.815 Mountain rating
(a) Privileges. The privileges of the holder of a mountain rating are to conduct flights with
aeroplanes or TMGs to and from surfaces which are designated to require such a rating by
the CAA.
Holders of an LAPL or a PPL with privileges to fly aeroplanes or TMGs may obtain the initial
mountain rating either on:
(1) wheels, to grant the privilege to fly to and from such surfaces when they are not
covered by snow; or
(2) skis, to grant the privilege to fly to and from such surfaces when they are covered by
snow.
(3) The privileges of the initial rating may be extended to either wheel or ski privileges
when the pilot has undertaken an appropriate additional familiarisation course,
including theoretical knowledge instruction and flight training, with a mountain flight
instructor.
(b) Training course. Applicants for a mountain rating shall have completed, within a period of
24 months, a course of theoretical knowledge instruction and flight training at a DTO or at
an ATO. The content of the course shall be appropriate to the privileges of the mountain
rating applied for.
(c) Skill test. After the completion of the training, the applicant shall pass a skill test with an FE
qualified for this purpose. The skill test shall contain:
(1) a verbal examination of theoretical knowledge;
(2) 6 landings on at least 2 different surfaces designated as requiring a mountain rating
other than the surface of departure.
(d) Validity. A mountain rating shall be valid for a period of 24 months.
(e) Revalidation.
To revalidate a mountain rating applicants shall either:
(1) complete at least six landings, on a surface designated as requiring a mountain
rating, in the preceding two 2 years;
(2) pass a proficiency check complying with the requirements in point (c).
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