HELICOPTER AND GYROPLANE PILOTS HELICOPTER AND GYROPLANE PILOTS
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 any helicopter of a type specified in an aircraft rating included in the licence.
He shall not fly such a helicopter for the purpose of commercial air transport or aerial work other than aerial work which consists of—
the giving of instruction in flying if his licence includes a flying instructor’s rating;
the conducting of flying tests for the purposes of this Order;
in either case in a helicopter 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 shall not receive any remuneration for his services as a pilot on a flight other than remuneration for the giving of such instruction or the conducting of such flying tests as are specified in paragraph (2).
He shall not fly as pilot-in-command of such a helicopter at night unless his licence includes a night rating (helicopters).
He shall not, unless his licence includes an instrument rating (helicopter), fly as pilot-in-command or co-pilot of such a helicopter in circumstances which require compliance with the Instrument Flight Rules—
in Class A, B or C airspace at any time; or
in Class D, E, F or G airspace unless flying at night and remaining clear of cloud and with the surface in sight.
He shall not fly as pilot-in-command of such a helicopter carrying passengers unless—
within the preceding 90 days he has made three circuits, each to include take-offs and landings as the sole manipulator of the controls of a helicopter of the same type; or
if the privileges are to be exercised by night and his licence does not include an instrument rating, within the preceding 90 days he has made three circuits, each to include take-offs and landings by night as the sole manipulator of the controls of a helicopter of the same type.