Student Pilot
To be eligible for a student pilot certificate, an applicant must be at least this age (for powered flight).
What is 16?
The minimum number of total flight hours required to apply for a Private Pilot certificate under Part 61.
What is 40 hours?
This is the highest level of pilot certification issued by the FAA.
What is Airline Transport Pilot (ATP)?
According to §61.56, you must complete this "Review" every 24 calendar months to remain legal to fly.
What is a Flight Review?
This medical certificate expires every 6 months for a pilot 40 years old
What is ATP?
Per §61.87, this person must provide a specific endorsement before a student can fly solo.
Who is an Authorized Instructor?
This rating allows a pilot to fly in weather conditions with less than 3 miles visibility or clear of clouds.
What is an Instrument Rating?
A flight instructor must renew their certificate every this many calendar months.
What is 24?
To carry passengers, a pilot must have made this many takeoffs and landings within the preceding 90 days.
What is three?
This term refers to the pilot who has final authority over the operation of the aircraft.
Who is the Pilot in Command (PIC)?
This certificate, usually issued by an AME, is often required before a student pilot can even step into the cockpit for solo flight.
What is a Medical Certificate?
To act as PIC of an aircraft with more than 200 horsepower, you need this specific endorsement.
What is a High-Performance endorsement?
The minimum age required to obtain an unrestricted ATP certificate.
What is 23?
If carrying passengers at night, the required 90-day landings must be performed to a full stop and occur during this time period.
What is 1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise?
Under §61.15, a conviction for growing or selling these is grounds for denial of any certificate for up to 1 year.
What are illegal drugs (narcotic drugs, marijuana, etc.)?
Student pilots are strictly prohibited from carrying these, even if they aren't paying for the flight.
Who are passengers?
Total flight time required to apply for a Commercial Pilot certificate (under Part 61).
What is 250 hours?
An instructor must keep records of all solo endorsements and checkride recommendations for at least this many years.
What is 3 years?
Per §61.51, pilots are only required to log time that is used to meet the requirements for one of these two things.
What are a certificate/rating or recent flight experience?
The holder of a pilot certificate who has made a change in permanent mailing address may not exercise the privileges of the certificate unless the holder has notified in writing the FAA.
What is 30 days?
To fly solo in Class B airspace, a student must receive ground and flight training specifically for that Class B area and receive this in their logbook.
What is an endorsement?
Private Pilots may not fly for compensation or hire, but they may share these types of expenses equally with passengers.
What are operating expenses (fuel, oil, airport expenditures, or rental fees)?
This "Restricted" version of the ATP allows pilots to fly for an airline at age 21 with reduced flight hour requirements.
What is an R-ATP?
If you change your permanent mailing address, you must notify the FAA in writing within this many days.
What is 30 days?
According to §61.53, even if you hold a valid medical certificate, you are prohibited from acting as PIC if you know of any of these that would make you unable to meet the requirements for that medical.
What is a medical condition?