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• 14 CFR Part 91 — General Operating and Flight RulesOpen
  14 CFR § 91.1057 Flight, duty and rest time requirements: All crewmembers.

  Flight, duty and rest time requirements: All crewmembers. (a) For purposes of this subpart— Augmented flight crew means at least three pilots. Calendar day means the period of elapsed time, using Coordinated Universal Time or local time that begins ... midnight and ends 24 hours later at the next midnight. Duty period means the period of elapsed time between reporting for an assignment involving flight time and release from that assignment by the program manager. All time between these…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 5-1-10
  Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 1. Preflight › 5-1-5. Flight Plan - VFR Flights

  Pilots may take advantage of advances in technology by filing their flight plans using any available electronic means. Activating the flight plan will ensure that you receive VFR Search and Rescue services. c. When a stopover flight is anticipated ... radio or other electronic means. VFR flight plan proposals are normally retained for two hours following the proposed time of departure. e. Pilots may also activate a VFR flight plan by using an assumed departure time. This assumed departure time…

• 14 CFR Part 91 — General Operating and Flight RulesOpen
  14 CFR § 91.1059 Flight time limitations and rest requirements: One or two pilot crews.

  Flight time limitations and rest requirements: One or two pilot crews. (a) No program manager may assign any flight crewmember, and no flight crewmember may accept an assignment, for flight time as a member of a one- or two-pilot ... crew if that crewmember's total flight time in all commercial flying will exceed— (1) 500 hours in any calendar quarter; (2) 800 hours in any two consecutive calendar quarters; (3) 1,400 hours in any calendar year. (b) Except…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 16-21
  Chapter 16: Navigation › Filing a VFR Flight Plan

  determined to be 106 knots. Based on this information, the total trip time, as well as time between checkpoints, and the fuel burned can be determined. These numbers can be calculated by using a manual or electronic calculator. For this ... trip, the GS is 106 knots and the total time is 35 minutes (30 minutes plus 5 minutes for climb) with a fuel burn of 4.7 gallons. Refer to the flight log in Figure 16-26 for the time between…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 16-4
  Chapter 16: Navigation › Latitude and Longitude (Meridians and Parallels) › Time Zones

  Mountain Standard Time, and 10 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. When Daylight Saving Time is in effect, generally between the second Sunday in March and the first Sunday in November, the sun is directly above the 75th meridian at noon, Central ... Daylight Time. These time zone differences must be taken into account during long flights eastward—especially if the flight must be completed before dark. Remember, an hour is lost when flying eastward from one time zone to another, or perhaps…

• 14 CFR Part 91 — General Operating and Flight RulesOpen
  14 CFR Part 91, Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 97—Special Operating Rules for the Conduct of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) Area Navigation (RNAV) Operations using Global Positioning Systems

  Aviation Regulation No. 97—Special Operating Rules for the Conduct of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) Area Navigation (RNAV) Operations using Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in Alaska GPS is a satellite-based radio navigational, positioning, and time transfer system. The system ... provides highly accurate position and velocity information and precise time on a continuous global basis to properly equipped users. Minimum crossing altitude (MCA). The minimum crossing altitude (MCA) applies to the operation of an aircraft proceeding to a higher minimum…