FCL.240.G GPL – Recency requirements

(a)Holders of a GPL shall exercise the privileges of their licence in a specific class or type of gyroplane only if in the last 2 years they have met any of the following conditions as pilots of gyroplanes in the relevant class or type:

(1)they have completed at least 12 hours of flight time as PIC or flying dual or solo under the supervision of an instructor, including:

(i)12 take-offs and landings;

(ii)refresher training of at least 1 hour of total flight time with and to the satisfaction of an instructor who shall select those flight exercises that allow the applicant to refresh their competence in safely operating the aircraft and applying normal, abnormal and emergency procedures;

(2)they have passed a GPL proficiency check with an examiner. The proficiency check programme shall be based on the skill test for the GPL.

(b)Holders of a GPL with privileges for the SPG class who, in accordance with point FCL.235.G(c), have extended their privileges to a variant with a different type of engine as specified in point FCL.235.G(a) shall, if they have not flown that variant within the preceding 2 years, complete any of the following in that variant, before exercising their privileges in that variant:

(1)further differences training in accordance with point FCL.235.G(c);

(2)a proficiency check;

(3)refresher training in accordance with point (a)(1)(ii).

(c)The dual flights and the solo flights under supervision as per the introductory phrase of point (a)(1), the refresher training as per points (a)(1)(ii) and (b)(3), and the proficiency check as per point (a)(2) and (b)(2) shall be entered in the pilot’s logbook or equivalent record and shall be signed by the instructor or examiner, as applicable.

[applicable from 18 February 2026 – Regulation (EC) 2025/134]