"Achievements" section

[The Westmorland Flyer]

The achievements section of the Wings award seems to cover a wide range of aviation-related activities, with the note that alternatives may be acceptable.

Would the training for and issuing of an Air Ground Radio Operator's Certificate (which I have used in anger, by the way!) be considered a suitable candidate for this section?

[Timothy]

That's in the AOPA Feet Scheme

[The Westmorland Flyer]

[The Westmorland Flyer]

Right then, let's see if I can elicit any sort of sensible answer to this question:

Looking at the Air Touring Experience requirements, does a "flight" have to be completed in one day, or is a stop overnight at one of the en-route landings permitted? Taking this to the logical conclusion, if I go off on a touring holiday for a few days, eventually returning to my point of departure and covering 600/500nm with 4+ en-route landings, would that count for flight C?

I'm not trying to cut corners! Just trying to interpret the rules in an unambiguous fashion. I'm planning to have a serious go at the Gold award during this summer.

[andyr]

I believe it was decided at the last meeting that an overnight would count with regard to the touring requirements for distance.

[LindsayP]

The achievements section of the Wings award seems to cover a wide range of aviation-related activities, with the note that alternatives may be acceptable.

Would the training for and issuing of an Air Ground Radio Operator's Certificate (which I have used in anger, by the way!) be considered a suitable candidate for this section?

How/where can you get this certificate? It's something I wouldn't mind obtaining. And I agree it ought to figure in the list of achievements allowed.

[The Westmorland Flyer]

How/where can you get this certificate? It's something I wouldn't mind obtaining. And I agree it ought to figure in the list of achievements allowed.

Until a few years ago, with a PPL you could get an A/G certificate just by applying for it.

Nowadays you have to do a practical and a theory test, which is administered by a CAA registered examiner. The theory test shouldn't really give anyone holding a PPL too much difficulty although, unusually, it is a written paper rather than multi-choice. The practical seems to be mostly about ensuring that you know the limits of the A/G operator's authority and language, which is probably no bad thing!

[mmcp42]

I'd like to add a supplementary question concerning the Air Touring Experience requirements, particularly option C
That requires > 600nm with at least four intermediate landings

I see that doing it in two parts with an overnight is acceptable

What about spread over a period of two weeks?
I realise that this could look like lots of local hops, but what I had in mind was a flying holiday in Australia
There I covered some 3,000 nm in two weeks with 13 intermediate stops

Is that an option C or lots of local hops?