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Canada has a new reg that you need a radio licence, I have read about it but have not tried to see if they are enforcing it.

I believe they have always required a radio licence. So does Mexico. Nobody has one that I have ever talked to.

Tim

...well, nervous John here, is now at least $170 lighter in the wallet. I went on line with FCC and signed up. I hit submit several times before reading "do not hit more then once" on the online option!!!

That should guarantee that I won't be asked to show it.

When I flew to Lethbridge a few years ago, it was the outdated US customs form that required a radio licence. CANPAS didn't and I argued a long time with the border guards at Cut Bank.

They dropped that in 1999 I believe, there form was 1995 what a bunch of crap.

you actually paid $170.00 for that antiquated piece of shit paper???? Way back and I mean way back when it was required I think it was 10 bucks. I haven't had one for years and won't get one either.

Customs here in Canada will not ask for the old radio station license. Radio licenses are not part of their jurisdiction.

Canadian aircraft no longer require the license unless we fly outside of the US & Canada. I bought a temporary one when flying to the Bahamas but nobody asked to see it.

Unless something has changed in the last two years, the Radio Station License is required for international flights.

Unless something has changed in the last two years, NO ONE will ever ask for the license.

Frankly, I wouldn't spend the money...again.

The aopa website has a list of what you need to go to Canada.

Are you referring to a third class radiotelephone operators license? Or is it some specific station license for the aircraft? It used to be required for boats, that you had an operators license. I think you also got a station license with designated call letters.

What they required of me, was: one for the airplane, AC $110.00.
one for me , RR $60.00.
total $170.00.

I have a radio license but have never been asked to see it in on either end. I go back and forth from Illinois to Ontario on a regular basis. It will not be renewed. Better to spend the money on 100LL which is now $6.84 per gallon in Dryden, Ontario when converted from liters. At 17 gals per hour, float flying will be expensive this season. The 1000 mile commute will be done more by auto at this rate.

The regs for "international" flight have always required an aircraft radio station license for the airplane, and restricted radiotelegraph operator license for crew. I've had to produce both documents a time or two by US and Canadian customs over the years, but certainly not on a regular basis. I'd be a bit concerned in not having them if there was some sort of incident involving my airplane, and they were going over documents with a fine tooth comb.

Having the licenses is just one less thing to try and talk your way out of if your situation is FUBAR, and the more lined up your ducks are, the happier the bureaucrats seem to be. When traveling out of the US I like to stay as invisible as possible.

Gump