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This class rating applies to airplanes with a single engine and is one of the most common for private pilots.
What is a single-engine land rating?
To obtain a private pilot certificate, you must be at least this age
What is 17?
This class is required for airline transport pilots.
What is a First-Class Medical?
Wildly known minimum age reqiurment for a pilot
What is 16 years old?
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This rating allows a pilot to fly solely by reference to instruments under IFR conditions.
What is an instrument rating?
The age requirement for a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating
What is 18 years old?
Private pilots typically need this class of medical.
What is a Third-Class Medical?
According to 14 CFR § 61.87, this is the maximum number of days a solo endorsement from an authorized instructor is valid.
What is 90 days?
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This rating is required for a pilot to act as pilot in command of an aircraft with a maximum certificated takeoff weight of more than 12,500 pounds.
What is a type rating?
Besides age, this is the primary language requirement for all pilot certificates
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This class is required for commercial pilots (but not ATP).
What is a Second-Class Medical?
To act as Pilot in Command of an airplane with an engine of more than 200 horsepower, this specific authorization must be logged in a pilot's logbook.
What is a high-performance airplane endorsement?
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Under Part 61, this category of rating includes airplane, rotorcraft, glider, and lighter-than-air.
What is an aircraft category rating?
To act as pilot in command of a high performance airplane, you must receive this from an authorized instructor
This type of certificate may be issued with limitations like “must wear corrective lenses.”
What is an FAA medical certificate?
Unless otherwise authorized by the Administrator, a type rating is required by 14 CFR 61.31 to act as PIC of any aircraft with a maximum certificated takeoff weight greater than this value.
What is 12,500 pounds?
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Under Part 61, this is required to instruct others and is added on top of an existing pilot certificate.
What is a flight instructor rating (CFI)?
This document must be in your possession when exercising pilot privileges.
What is a medical certificate (or BasicMed compliance)?
Subpart that prescribes the requirements for the issuance of additional aircraft ratings after a pilot certificate is issued issuance of a type rating, with a pilot certificate, and the requirements for and limitations of pilot authorizations issued by administrator.
What is Subpart B 61.61 Applicability