"Mike" wrote in message
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On Mar 28, 1:46 pm, "Ol Shy & Bashful" wrote:
Seems the overwhelming numbers here are USA. And, it feeds into the
attitude that the USA is the only one that counts.
I'm curious as to how many visitors here have a non USA pilot
certificate and where from?
Further, how many pilots here have flown in countries other than the
USA?

I am a US certified PPL, and I've flown (with a local instructor) in
both the UK and South Africa.

In the UK we flew out of a grass strip (the Old Sarum Flying Club near
Salisbury), and never went above 1500 feet on the hour long flight, to
avoid having to deal with ATC (which I think would have incurred
fees). Small country, we flew down to the channel and back and
toured some stately homes and got back all in about an hour, in a
Warrior.

This is complete ******** - there is no charge for talking to ATC for a VFR
flight and only if you are over two and a half tonnes for IFR.

The reason for staying below 2000 ft is to avoid controlled airspace on the
run to the Isle of Wight and back.