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  • Chapter 11. Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) › Section 5. UAS Pilot Testing, Certification and Responsibilities › 11-5-3. Pilot Certification for 14 CFR part 135, Part 137, and Large Civil UAS

    holds a sUAS Certificate is afforded all of the privileges of the certificate. This includes the ability to operate at night and over people without a waiver, under certain conditions. See paragraph 11-8-3, Precautions: Flight Over or Near ... People, Vehicles, Manned Aircraft, and Night Flight, for further information on these operations. 2. Any remote pilot who holds a 14 CFR part 107 sUAS certificate issued prior to April 6, 2021, must take the updated recurrent training (the online…

  • Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 3. Airport Operations › 4-3-24. Use of Aircraft Lights

    aircraft are equipped with lights and some pilots may not have their lights turned on. Aircraft manufacturer’s recommendations for operation of landing lights and electrical systems should be observed. d. Prop and jet blast forces generated by large aircraft ... have overturned or damaged several smaller aircraft taxiing behind them. To avoid similar results, and in the interest of preventing upsets and injuries to ground personnel from such forces, the FAA recommends that air carriers and commercial operators turn…

  • 14 CFR § 91.327 Aircraft issued a special airworthiness certificate in the light-sport category: Operating limitations.

    Aircraft issued a special airworthiness certificate in the light-sport category: Operating limitations. (a) No person may operate an aircraft that has a special airworthiness certificate in the light-sport category for compensation or hire except— (1) To conduct ... glider or an unpowered ultralight vehicle towing operations in accordance with § 91.309, that are specified in the aircraft's pilot operating handbook or operating limitations, as applicable, and specified in the manufacturer's statement of compliance for the aircraft…

  • 14 CFR § 135.243 Pilot in command qualifications.

    certificate holder may use a person, nor may any person serve, as pilot in command in passenger-carrying operations- (1) Of a turbojet airplane, of an airplane having a passenger-seat configuration, excluding each crewmember seat, of 10 seats ... more, or of a multiengine airplane in a commuter operation as defined in part 110 of this chapter, unless that person holds an airline transport pilot certificate with appropriate category and class ratings and, if required, an appropriate type rating…

  • 14 CFR § 91.1089 Qualifications: Check pilots (aircraft) and check pilots (simulator).

    Qualifications: Check pilots (aircraft) and check pilots (simulator). (a) For the purposes of this section and § 91.1093: (1) A check pilot (aircraft) is a person who is qualified to conduct flight checks in an aircraft, in a flight simulator ... flight training device for a particular type aircraft. (2) A check pilot (simulator) is a person who is qualified to conduct flight checks, but only in a flight simulator, in a flight training device, or both, for a particular type…

  • Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 3. Airport Operations › 4-3-25. Flight Inspection/‘Flight Check’ Aircraft in Terminal Areas

    Strobe lights should not be illuminated during taxi if they will adversely affect the vision of other pilots or ground personnel. f. At the discretion of the pilot-in-command, all exterior lights should be illuminated when taxiing ... across any runway. This increases the conspicuousness of the aircraft to controllers and other pilots approaching to land, taxiing, or crossing the runway. Pilots should comply with any equipment operating limitations and consider the effects of landing and strobe lights…