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Flight Training

Regulations - FAR/AIM & Definitions

Additional Documents

Advisory Circulars (ACs)

Legal Interpretations

Beard (2015)

Solo endorsements required to act as pilot in command of an aircraft for which a pilot does not hold the appropriate category and/or class ratings.

Flight review requirement to act as PIC when holding a higher level pilot certificate and an endorsement for solo flight under § 61.3 l(d).

Bell (2009)

Defining “Known icing conditions”.

Bonilla (2011)

An aerial work flight that meets a Part 119.1 (e) exception could land at a location, other than from which it departed if the stop at the non-departure point location is limited to refueling or human needs.

A person who boards the aircraft at the survey's starting point must be returned to the starting point. Otherwise, the flight would take on the dual purpose of transporting the passenger from "A" to "B."

Gebhart (2009)

Safety pilot logging PIC and cross-country time.

Haberkorn (2011)

Advertising on Facebook may be construed as holding out.

Harrington (1997)

Building up of flight time may be compensatory in nature if the pilot does not have to pay the costs of operating the aircraft.

Hartzell (2010)

Commercial instrument training requirements being met by prior instrument rating training.

Herman (2009)

A pilot may log PIC time if that pilot is properly rated for the aircraft flown even though that pilot does not have the required endorsements to act as a PIC.

MacPherson (2014)

By posting specific flights to the AirPooler website, a pilot participating in the AirPooler service would be holding out to transport persons or property from place to place for compensation or hire.

Murphy (2009)

Pilot pilot applicant may log practical test flight as PIC.

Theriault (2010)

Aircraft do not need to be IFR certified to operate on an IFR flight plan, provided they remain in Visual Meteorological Conditions.