Paragraph 1 Aeroplane Pilots
Private Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes)
Minimum Age—17 years
No Maximum Period of Validity
Privileges:
Subject to paragraph (2), the holder of the licence shall be entitled to fly as pilot in command or co-pilot of an aeroplane of any of the types specified or otherwise falling within the aircraft rating included in the licence.
He shall not fly such an aeroplane for the purpose of public transport or aerial work save as hereinafter provided:
he may fly such an aeroplane for the purpose of aerial work which consists of:
the giving of instruction in flying, if his licence includes a flying instructor’s rating or an assistant flying instructor’s rating; or
the conducting of flying tests for the purposes of this Order;
in either case in an aeroplane owned, or operated under arrangements entered into, by a flying club of which the person giving the instruction or conducting the test and the person receiving the instruction or undergoing the test are both members;
he may fly such an aeroplane for the purpose of aerial work which consists of:
towing a glider in flight; or
a flight for the purpose of dropping of persons by parachute;
in either case in an aeroplane owned, or operated under arrangments entered into, by a club of which the holder of the licence and any person carried in the aircraft or in any glider towed by the aircraft are members.
He shall not receive any remuneration for his services as a pilot on a flight save that if his licence includes a flying instructor’s rating or an assistant flying instructor’s rating by virtue of which he is entitled to give instruction in flying microlight aircraft or self-launching motor gliders he may receive remuneration for the giving of such instruction or the conducting of such flying tests as are specified in sub-paragraph (a)(i) in a microlight aircraft or a self-launching motor glider.
He shall not, unless his licence includes an instrument rating (aeroplanes) or an instrument meteorological conditions rating (aeroplanes), fly as a pilot in command of such an aeroplane:
on a flight outside controlled airspace notified for the purposes of this Schedule:
when the flight visibility is less than 3 km; or
when any passenger is carried and the aeroplane is flying either above 3000 feet above mean sea level in conditions such that it cannot remain at least 1800 metres horizontally and 1000 feet vertically away from cloud and in a flight visibility of at least 10 km or at or below 3000 feet above mean sea level in a flight visibility of less than 5 km;
on a special VFR flight in a control zone in a flight visibility of less than 10 km except on a route or in an aerodrome traffic zone notified for the purpose of this sub-paragraph;
out of sight of the surface.
He shall not fly as pilot in command of such an aeroplane at night unless:
his licence includes a night rating (aeroplanes); and
his licence includes an instrument rating (aeroplanes) or he has within the immediately preceding 13 months carried out as pilot in command not less than 5 take-offs and 5 landings at a time when the depression of the centre of the sun was not less than 12° below the horizon.
He shall not unless his licence includes an instrument rating (aeroplanes) fly as pilot in command or co-pilot of such an aeroplane flying in airspace notified for the purposes of this Schedule:
in conditions such that he cannot comply with the specified minimum weather provisions; or
in circumstances which require compliance with the Instrument Flight Rules.