Flying in Canada with a US license

[goaliemn]

I currently hold a PPL in the US. I visit Canada frequently and was curious as what it would take to be legal to fly up there in a Canadian aircraft.

Anyone here done that?

Thanks

 

[pilotman2105]

I currently hold a PPL in the US. I visit Canada frequently and was curious as what it would take to be legal to fly up there in a Canadian aircraft.

Anyone here done that?

Thanks

From my understanding, there is a distinct difference between flying a US registered aircraft in Canada and flying a Canadian registered aircraft in Canada. The latter requires paperwork with Transport Canada whereas the former only requires customs/US registry/insurance/radio license paperwork.

I'm sure there are others that are more versed in this than I, but I did look into doing some flying a Canada about a year ago. That's what I took away from it.

 

[lymanm]

The FAA no longer issues PPLs based on Canadian PPLs - additional training and tests are requred. I believe Transport Canada has adopted the same policy, so you have a few things to do.

You'll need to take a Canadian Medical, an Industry Canada Radio Permit test (same as the FCC test), your The Transport Canada PPL Knowledge Test (harder than the FAA as you don't get the questions/answers beforehand!) and finally the practical flight test.

The Knowlege Test may take a few nights of study, there are some significantly different regs. The practical test may only require a few hours of additional training, depending on your level of profiency. Canada has a national standard of flight lessons (like a country-wide 141 curriculum) so you'll need to be up to snuff on all of them.

I only did my Private in Canada 5 years ago, so I may not be correct here. Call/email a flight school, a current Instructor (not CFI, in Canada CFI= Chief Flight Instuctor) and you should get your answer.

Or, check out http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/

Regards