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U.S. Code of Federal Regula...
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Title 14—Aeronautics and Space
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CHAPTER I—FEDERAL AVIATION ...
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PART 61—CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTO...
PART 61—CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, AND GROUND INSTRUCTORS
§ 61.1 - Applicability and definitions.
§ 61.2 - Exercise of Privilege.
§ 61.3 - Requirement for certificates, ratings, and authorizations.
§ 61.4 - Qualification and approval of flight simulators and flight training devices.
§ 61.5 - Certificates and ratings issued under this part.
§ 61.7 - Obsolete certificates and ratings.
§ 61.8 - Inapplicability of unmanned aircraft operations.
§ 61.9 - Expired pilot certificates and re-issuance.
§ 61.11 - Expired pilot certificates and re-issuance.
§ 61.13 - Issuance of airman certificates, ratings, and authorizations.
§ 61.14 - Offenses involving alcohol or drugs.
§ 61.15 - Offenses involving alcohol or drugs.
§ 61.16 - Refusal to submit to an alcohol test or to furnish test results.
§ 61.17 - Temporary certificate.
§ 61.18 - Security disqualification.
§ 61.19 - Duration of pilot and instructor certificates and privileges.
§ 61.21 - Duration of a Category II and a Category III pilot authorization (for other than part 121 and part 135 use).
§ 61.23 - Medical certificates: Requirement and duration.
§ 61.25 - Change of name.
§ 61.27 - Voluntary surrender or exchange of certificate.
§ 61.29 - Replacement of a lost or destroyed airman or medical certificate or knowledge test report.
§ 61.31 - Type rating requirements, additional training, and authorization requirements.
§ 61.33 - Tests: General procedure.
§ 61.35 - Knowledge test: Prerequisites and passing grades.
§ 61.37 - Knowledge tests: Cheating or other unauthorized conduct.
§ 61.39 - Prerequisites for practical tests.
§ 61.41 - Flight training received from flight instructors not certificated by the FAA.
§ 61.43 - Practical tests: General procedures.
§ 61.45 - Practical tests: Required aircraft and equipment.
§ 61.47 - Status of an examiner who is authorized by the Administrator to conduct practical tests.
§ 61.49 - Retesting after failure.
§ 61.51 - Pilot logbooks.
§ 61.52 - Use of aeronautical experience obtained in ultralight vehicles.
§ 61.53 - Prohibition on operations during medical deficiency.
§ 61.55 - Second-in-command qualifications.
§ 61.56 - Flight review.
§ 61.57 - Recent flight experience: Pilot in command.
§ 61.58 - Pilot-in-command proficiency check: Operation of an aircraft that requires more than one pilot flight crewmember or is turbojet-powered.
§ 61.59 - Falsification, reproduction, or alteration of applications, certificates, logbooks, reports, or records.
§ 61.60 - Change of address.
§ 61.61 - Applicability.
§ 61.63 - Additional aircraft ratings (other than for ratings at the airline transport pilot certification level).
§ 61.64 - Use of a flight simulator and flight training device.
§ 61.65 - Instrument rating requirements.
§ 61.66 - Enhanced Flight Vision System Pilot Requirements.
§ 61.67 - Category II pilot authorization requirements.
§ 61.68 - Category III pilot authorization requirements.
§ 61.69 - Glider and unpowered ultralight vehicle towing: Experience and training requirements.
§ 61.71 - Graduates of an approved training program other than under this part: Special rules.
§ 61.73 - Military pilots or former military pilots: Special rules.
§ 61.75 - Private pilot certificate issued on the basis of a foreign pilot license.
§ 61.77 - Special purpose pilot authorization: Operation of a civil aircraft of the United States and leased by a non-U.S. citizen.
§ 61.81 - Applicability.
§ 61.83 - Eligibility requirements for student pilots.
§ 61.85 - Application.
§ 61.87 - Solo requirements for student pilots.
§ 61.89 - General limitations.
§ 61.91 - Solo cross-country flight requirements.
§ 61.93 - Solo cross-country flight requirements.
§ 61.94 - Student pilot seeking a sport pilot certificate or a recreational pilot certificate: Operations at airports within, and in airspace located within, Class B, C, and D airspace, or at airports with an operational control tower in other airspace.
§ 61.95 - Operations in Class B airspace and at airports located within Class B airspace.
§ 61.96 - Applicability and eligibility requirements: General.
§ 61.97 - Aeronautical knowledge.
§ 61.98 - Flight proficiency.
§ 61.99 - Aeronautical experience.
§ 61.100 - Pilots based on small islands.
§ 61.101 - Recreational pilot privileges and limitations.
§ 61.102 - Applicability.
§ 61.103 - Eligibility requirements: General.
§ 61.105 - Aeronautical knowledge.
§ 61.107 - Flight proficiency.
§ 61.109 - Aeronautical experience.
§ 61.110 - Night flying exceptions.
§ 61.111 - Cross-country flights: Pilots based on small islands.
§ 61.113 - Private pilot privileges and limitations: Pilot in command.
§ 61.115 - Balloon rating: Limitations.
§ 61.117 - Private pilot privileges and limitations: Second in command of aircraft requiring more than one pilot.
§§ 61.118-61.120 - Applicability.
§ 61.121 - Applicability.
§ 61.123 - Eligibility requirements: General.
§ 61.125 - Aeronautical knowledge.
§ 61.127 - Flight proficiency.
§ 61.129 - Aeronautical experience.
§ 61.131 - Exceptions to the night flying requirements.
§ 61.133 - Commercial pilot privileges and limitations.
§§ 61.135-61.141 - Applicability.
§ 61.151 - Applicability.
§ 61.153 - Eligibility requirements: General.
§ 61.155 - Aeronautical knowledge.
§ 61.156 - Training requirements: Airplane category—multiengine class rating or airplane type rating concurrently with airline transport pilot certificate.
§ 61.157 - Flight proficiency.
§ 61.158 - Aeronautical experience: Airplane category rating.
§ 61.159 - Aeronautical experience: Airplane category rating.
§ 61.160 - Aeronautical experience—airplane category restricted privileges.
§ 61.161 - Aeronautical experience: Rotorcraft category and helicopter class rating.
§ 61.163 - Aeronautical experience: Powered-lift category rating.
§ 61.165 - Additional aircraft category and class ratings.
§ 61.167 - Airline transport pilot privileges and limitations.
§ 61.169 - Letters of authorization for institutions of higher education.
§§ 61.170-69.171 - Applicability.
§ 61.181 - Applicability.
§ 61.183 - Eligibility requirements.
§ 61.185 - Aeronautical knowledge.
§ 61.187 - Flight proficiency.
§ 61.189 - Flight instructor records.
§ 61.191 - Additional flight instructor ratings.
§ 61.193 - Flight instructor privileges.
§ 61.195 - Flight instructor limitations and qualifications.
§ 61.197 - Renewal requirements for flight instructor certification.
§ 61.199 - Reinstatement requirements of an expired flight instructor certificate.
§ 61.201 - Applicability.
§ 61.211 - Applicability.
§ 61.213 - Eligibility requirements.
§ 61.215 - Ground instructor privileges.
§ 61.217 - Recent experience requirements.
§ 61.301 - What is the purpose of this subpart and to whom does it apply?
§ 61.303 - If I want to operate a light-sport aircraft, what operating limits and endorsement requirements in this subpart must I comply with?
§ 61.305 - What are the age and language requirements for a sport pilot certificate?
§ 61.307 - What tests do I have to take to obtain a sport pilot certificate?
§ 61.309 - What aeronautical knowledge must I have to apply for a sport pilot certificate?
§ 61.311 - What flight proficiency requirements must I meet to apply for a sport pilot certificate?
§ 61.313 - What aeronautical experience must I have to apply for a sport pilot certificate?
§ 61.315 - What are the privileges and limits of my sport pilot certificate?
§ 61.317 - Is my sport pilot certificate issued with aircraft category and class ratings?
§ 61.319 - How do I obtain privileges to operate an additional category or class of light-sport aircraft?
§ 61.321 - How do I obtain privileges to operate an additional category or class of light-sport aircraft?
§ 61.323 - How do I obtain privileges to operate a light-sport aircraft at an airport within, or in airspace within, Class B, C, and D airspace, or in other airspace with an airport having an operational control tower?
§ 61.325 - How do I obtain privileges to operate a light-sport aircraft at an airport within, or in airspace within, Class B, C, and D airspace, or in other airspace with an airport having an operational control tower?
§ 61.327 - Are there specific endorsement requirements to operate a light-sport aircraft based on VH?
§ 61.401 - What is the purpose of this subpart?
§ 61.403 - What are the age, language, and pilot certificate requirements for a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
§ 61.405 - What tests do I have to take to obtain a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
§ 61.407 - What aeronautical knowledge must I have to apply for a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
§ 61.409 - What flight proficiency requirements must I meet to apply for a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
§ 61.411 - What aeronautical experience must I have to apply for a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
§ 61.412 - Do I need additional training to provide instruction on control and maneuvering an airplane solely by reference to the instruments in a light-sport aircraft based on VH?
§ 61.413 - What are the privileges of my flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
§ 61.415 - What are the limits of a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
§ 61.417 - Will my flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating list aircraft category and class ratings?
§ 61.419 - How do I obtain privileges to provide training in an additional category or class of light-sport aircraft?
§ 61.421 - May I give myself an endorsement?
§ 61.423 - What are the recordkeeping requirements for a flight instructor with a sport pilot rating?
§ 61.425 - How do I renew my flight instructor certificate?
§ 61.427 - What must I do if my flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating expires?
§ 61.429 - May I exercise the privileges of a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating if I hold a flight instructor certificate with another rating?