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80 ms- §61.96REGULATION — LEGALLY BINDING
Applicability and eligibility requirements: General
(a) This subpart prescribes the requirement for the issuance of recreational pilot certificates and ratings, the conditions under which those certificates and ratings are necessary, and the general operating rules for persons who hold those
- §61.97REGULATION — LEGALLY BINDING
Aeronautical knowledge
(a) General. A person who applies for a recreational pilot certificate must receive and log ground training from an authorized instructor or complete a home-study course on the aeronautical knowledge areas of paragraph (b) of this section t
- §61.98REGULATION — LEGALLY BINDING
Flight proficiency
(a) General. A person who applies for a recreational pilot certificate must receive and log ground and flight training from an authorized instructor on the areas of operation of this section that apply to the aircraft category and class rat
- §61.99REGULATION — LEGALLY BINDING
Aeronautical experience
(a) A person who applies for a recreational pilot certificate must receive and log at least 30 hours of flight time that includes at least— (1) 15 hours of flight training from an authorized instructor on the areas of operation listed in §
- §61.100REGULATION — LEGALLY BINDING
Pilots based on small islands
(a) An applicant located on an island from which the flight training required in § 61.99(a)(1) of this part cannot be accomplished without flying over water for more than 10 nautical miles from the nearest shoreline need not comply with the
- §91.101REGULATION — LEGALLY BINDING
Applicability
This subpart prescribes flight rules governing the operation of aircraft within the United States and within 12 nautical miles from the coast of the United States.
- §61.101REGULATION — LEGALLY BINDING
Recreational pilot privileges and limitations
(a) A person who holds a recreational pilot certificate may: (1) Carry no more than one passenger; and (2) Not pay less than the pro rata share of the operating expenses of a flight with a passenger, provided the expenses involve only fue
- §61.102REGULATION — LEGALLY BINDING
Applicability
This subpart prescribes the requirements for the issuance of private pilot certificates and ratings, the conditions under which those certificates and ratings are necessary, and the general operating rules for persons who hold those certifi
- §61.103REGULATION — LEGALLY BINDING
Eligibility requirements: General
To be eligible for a private pilot certificate, a person must: (a) Be at least 17 years of age for a rating in other than a glider or balloon. (b) Be at least 16 years of age for a rating in a glider or balloon. (c) Be able to read, spea
- §91.103REGULATION — LEGALLY BINDING
Preflight action
Each pilot in command shall, before beginning a flight, become familiar with all available information concerning that flight. This information must include— (a) For a flight under IFR or a flight not in the vicinity of an airport, weather
- §61.105REGULATION — LEGALLY BINDING
Aeronautical knowledge
(a) General. A person who is applying for a private pilot certificate must receive and log ground training from an authorized instructor or complete a home-study course on the aeronautical knowledge areas of paragraph (b) of this section th
- §91.105REGULATION — LEGALLY BINDING
Flight crewmembers at stations
(a) During takeoff and landing, and while en route, each required flight crewmember shall— (1) Be at the crewmember station unless the absence is necessary to perform duties in connection with the operation of the aircraft or in connection
- §61.107REGULATION — LEGALLY BINDING
Flight proficiency
(a) General. A person who applies for a private pilot certificate must receive and log ground and flight training from an authorized instructor on the areas of operation of this section that apply to the aircraft category and class rating s
- §91.107REGULATION — LEGALLY BINDING
Use of safety belts, shoulder harnesses, and child restraint systems
(a) Unless otherwise authorized by the Administrator— (1) No pilot may take off a U.S.-registered civil aircraft (except a free balloon that incorporates a basket or gondola, or an airship type certificated before November 2, 1987) unless
- §91.108REGULATION — LEGALLY BINDING
Use of supplemental restraint systems
(a) Use of supplemental restraint systems. Except as provided in this section, no person may conduct an operation in a civil aircraft in which any individual on board is secured with a supplemental restraint system, as defined in § 1.1 of t
- §61.109REGULATION — LEGALLY BINDING
Aeronautical experience
(a) For an airplane single-engine rating. Except as provided in paragraph (k) of this section, a person who applies for a private pilot certificate with an airplane category and single-engine class rating must log at least 40 hours of fligh
- §91.109REGULATION — LEGALLY BINDING
Flight instruction; Simulated instrument flight and certain flight tests
(a) No person may operate a civil aircraft (except a manned free balloon) that is being used for flight instruction unless that aircraft has fully functioning dual controls. However, instrument flight instruction may be given in an airplane
- §61.110REGULATION — LEGALLY BINDING
Night flying exceptions
(a) Subject to the limitations of paragraph (b) of this section, a person is not required to comply with the night flight training requirements of this subpart if the person receives flight training in and resides in the State of Alaska. (
- §61.111REGULATION — LEGALLY BINDING
Cross-country flights: Pilots based on small islands
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, an applicant located on an island from which the cross-country flight training required in § 61.109 of this part cannot be accomplished without flying over water for more than 10 naut
- §91.111REGULATION — LEGALLY BINDING
Operating near other aircraft
(a) No person may operate an aircraft so close to another aircraft as to create a collision hazard. (b) No person may operate an aircraft in formation flight except by arrangement with the pilot in command of each aircraft in the formation