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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 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 1. Preflight › 5-1-15. Canceling IFR Flight Plan

    Closing VFR/DVFR Flight Plans A pilot is responsible for ensuring that his/her VFR or DVFR flight plan is canceled. You should close your flight plan with the nearest FSS, or if one is not available, you may request ... facility to relay your cancellation to the FSS. Control towers do not automatically close VFR or DVFR flight plans since they do not know if a particular VFR aircraft is on a flight plan. If you fail to report…

  • Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 1. Preflight › 5-1-9. Single Flights Conducted With Both VFR and IFR Flight Plans

    Single Flights Conducted With Both VFR and IFR Flight Plans a. Flight plans which combine VFR operation on an active VFR flight plan for one portion of a flight, and IFR for another portion, sometimes known as a composite flight ... plan, cannot be accepted or processed by current en route automation systems. b. Pilots are free to operate VFR in VFR conditions prior to accepting an IFR clearance from the appropriate control facility, or may cancel an IFR clearance…

  • Chapter 10. Helicopter Operations › Section 1. Helicopter IFR Operations › 10-1-1. Helicopter Flight Control Systems

    order to be certificated for IFR operation, a specific helicopter may require the use of one or more of these systems, in any combination. d. In many cases, helicopters are certificated for IFR operations with either one or two pilots ... Certain equipment is required to be installed and functional for two pilot operations, and typically, additional equipment is required for single pilot operation. These requirements are usually described in the limitations section of the Rotorcraft Flight Manual…

  • Chapter 10. Helicopter Operations › Section 2. Special Operations › 10-2-1. Offshore Helicopter Operations

    Crane-Helicopter Operational Procedures 1. Background. Historical experience has shown that catastrophic consequences can occur when industry safe practices for crane/helicopter operations are not observed. The following recommended practices are designed to minimize risks during crane and helicopter operations ... Recommended Practices (a) Personnel awareness (1) Crane operators and pilots should develop a mutual understanding and respect of the others’ operational limitations and cooperate in the spirit of safety; (2) Pilots need to be aware that crane operators sometimes cannot…

  • 14 CFR § 61.31 Type rating requirements, additional training, and authorization requirements.

    Type rating requirements, additional training, and authorization requirements. (v) Night vision goggle operation flight planning, including night terrain interpretation and factors affecting terrain interpretation. (2) Except as provided under paragraph (k)(3) of this section, a person ... flight training must include the following tasks: (i) Preflight and use of internal and external aircraft lighting systems for night vision goggle operations; (ii) Preflight preparation of night vision goggles for night vision goggle operations; (iii) Proper piloting techniques when…