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Just out of curiosity, how would one go about getting a type rating for a small, twoish seater jet (for example the Viperjet Mk2) in the UK?

I've had a brief look but cannot find anywhere that offers such a thing.

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As far as I know, you can't get a type rating for a homebuilt jet in the UK. You can do so in the US but you have to find an instructor and examiner rated by the FAA to do that. I would suggest you talk to the manufacturer of the kit about this. They are the most likely to know the answer, but I would not hold out much hope. The UK CAA has historically demonstrated they are not too keen to let people fly homebuilt jets.

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  • $\begingroup$ Okay, thanks for the info $\endgroup$
    – user35402
    Commented Nov 14, 2018 at 16:07
  • $\begingroup$ And for pretty good reason $\endgroup$
    – Cloud
    Commented Sep 3 at 11:15
  • $\begingroup$ @Cloud And what would that be? That they don't think UK pilots are good enough to build and fly homebuilt jets? That must be why Ireland allows it. $\endgroup$
    – Juan Jimenez
    Commented Sep 6 at 17:29
  • $\begingroup$ I would say GA hobbyist pilots in general are, on average, not experienced enough to fly jets. $\endgroup$
    – Cloud
    Commented yesterday

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