Pilot Ratings

 

 

   

Pilot Ratings - Private, Instrument, Commercial Multi-Engine

 

Student Pilot

  • Be at least 16 years old
  • Obtain a Third Class Medical Certificate with Student Pilot Certificate
  • Be able to read, speak, and write the English Language
  • Demonstrate satisfactory aeronautical knowledge on a Pre-Solo Exam
  • Receive and Log Flight Training for the maneuvers and procedures appropriate to the make and model of the aircraft to be flown, including:
    • Preflight Operations
    • Taxiing or Surface Operations
    • Takeoffs and Landings, including normal and cross-wind
    • Straight and Level Flight, and turns in both directions
    • Climb and Climbing Turns
    • Airport Traffic Pattern Operations
    • Collision Avoidance
    • Descents
    • Flight at various airspeeds from cruise to slow flight
    • Stall entries from various flight attitudes and power combinations with recovery from stall
    • Ground Reference Maneuvers
    • Approaches to Landings with simulated engine failure
    • Slips to Landings
    • Go-Arounds

Private Pilot

  • Be at least 17 years old
  • Be able to read, speak, and write the English Language
  • Obtain a Third Class Medical Certificate
  • Pass a Computerized Knowledge Test
  • Accumulate and log a specified amount of training and experience including:
    • 40 Hours of Piloting Time; including 20 hours of dual and 10 hours solo
      • Solo Requirements
        • 5 Hours Solo Cross-country
        • One Solo Cross Country of at lease 150 NM total distance, with full-stop landings at a minimum of three point with one segment consisting of straight line distance of at lease 50 NM between takeoff and landing
        • Three solo takeoffs and landings to a full stop at an airport with an operating control tower
      • Night Requirements
        • 3 hours of night flight training
        • One cross-country of over 100 NM total distance
        • 10 takeoffs and 10 landings to a full stop at an airport
      • 3 Hours of Flight Training on the control and maneuvering solely by reference to instruments
  • Pass an Oral and Flight Test administered by an FAA Inspector, or FAA-Designated Examiner

Instrument Rating

  • Hold at least a private pilot certificate
  • Be able to read, speak, and write the English Language
  • Hold a current FAA Medical Certificate
  • Pass a Computerized Knowledge Test
  • Accumulate the following flight experience:
    • 50 hr. of cross-country flight time as pilot in command, of which at least 10 hr. must be in airplane.
      • The 50 hr. includes solo cross-country time as a student pilot, which is logged as pilot-in-command time.
      • Each cross-country must have a landing at an airport that was at least a straight line distance of more than 50 nm from the orignal departure point.
    • A total of 40 hr. of actual or simulated instrument time in the areas of operations listed below
      • 15 hr. of instrument flight training from a CFII
      • Cross Country flight performed under IFR and consists of:
        • A distance of at least 250 NM along airways or ATC-directed routing
        • An instrument approach at each airport
        • Three different kinds of approaches with the use of navigtaion systems
  • Pass an Oral and Flight Test administered by an FAA Inspector, or FAA-Designated Examiner

Commercial Pilot

  • Be at least 18 years old
  • Hold a Private Pilot Certificate
  • Be able to read, speak and write the English Language
  • Obtain a Second Class Medical pilot will be exercising Commercial Privileges
  • Pass a Computerized Knowledge Test
  • Accumulate and log a specified amount of training and experience including:
    • 250 Hours of Pilot Time; including 20 hours dual and 10 hours solo flight
    • Several Cross-Country Flights
      • 100 NM between points, with a time of at least 2 hours
      • Solo 250 NM One Way Cross Country; 300 NM total distance with landings at 3 airports
  • Pass an Oral and Flight Test administered by an FAA Inspector, or FAA-Designated Examiner

Multi-Engine Add-On Rating

 

 

 

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