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  • July 3, 2023 at 1:32 PM #18455
    David Webb
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    A quick note about IPPI, for those that might be travelling abroad. If you try to search for stuff about getting an IPPI card from USHPA, the links to those pages no longer work, but that seems to be because that information is now included on the USHPA membership cards. Looks like this change took place last month (June), so is fairly recent.

    If you don’t plan on getting a new rating any time soon (since you get a new card with the application fee anyway), you can either print your membership card from the USHPA site or order a new plastic replacement card, and that has a small FAI IPPI emblem in the bottom right with your IPPI rating.

    July 3, 2023 at 2:38 PM #18459
    Jerome Daoust
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    I reported the broken link a week or so ago, and the conversion table is now available here. It is mostly of interest for pilots visiting from elsewhere, since (as David mentioned) USHPA members with a rating automatically also have an IPPI rating.

    July 26, 2023 at 11:44 AM #18623
    David Webb
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    I threw away $5 so the rest of you don’t have to.

    After asking USHPA about it, I ordered a new USHPA card, expecting the IPPI information to be included on it. It ain’t. The paper/printable version you can see when you’re logged into your account on their site includes it, but the plastic cards apparently still don’t.

    Inexpensive inconvenience, but somewhere out there, there are a couple of tacos that I never got to eat.

    Edit: they’re now saying I “got sent an old card by accident,” and that they’ll send me a new one in the next batch of new cards, so possible that this will be corrected in the near future. In any case, would be a good idea to check to make sure before paying for a new card.

    September 21, 2023 at 3:05 PM #18932
    David Webb
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    Update: after 2 months, this was finally resolved (tons of printer/mail/whatever else mixups). Just my opinion, but the new cards are quite a disappointment. They do include the IPPI information, but they are now paper and also include an expiration on the front (matching your renewal date). They still sent the plastic keyring cards, so that doesn’t seem to jive with the “cost savings” argument, but I dunno.

    No reason to waste money on ordering one – printing it out yourself will give you the same result.

    June 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM #22316
    Robert-Roy Stewart
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    Thank you very much for this tip, it has saved me a lot of time determining how my USHPA rating would be interpreted in Europe. Do you have any suggestions on getting insurance to fly in Europe? It seems most of the local EU organizations only cover local EU residents and USHPA does not provide coverage outside North America. Thank you in advance for any assistance

    June 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM #22318
    David Webb
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    I’m definitely not knowledgeable on the topic, but I frequently see discussions about this pointing to the following Cloudbase Mayhem article. Seems fairly comprehensive and was updated earlier this year:

    Unscrambling Insurance- Are you covered?

    June 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM #22319
    Alan Crouse
    General Member

    Recreation has international liability insurance available for USHPA H3/P3 or higher rated members at an additional cost.  It’s in the Member’s section of the USHPA website https://www.ushpa.org/Member/Insurance/insurance-members.aspx

    June 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM #22324
    Robert-Roy Stewart
    General Member

    Thank you both for this information. It is very helpful

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