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  • 20 PRE-SOLO REQUIREMENTS AND PRIVILEGES › 20.11 Solo Flight To, From, or At an Airport Located Within Class B Airspace

    Solo Flight in Class B Airspace. A student pilot may not operate an aircraft on a solo flight in Class B airspace unless the student pilot has received both ground and flight training from an authorized instructor on the Class ... airspace area, and received the training in the specific Class B airspace area for which solo flight is authorized. The authorized instructor who gave the student pilot flight training has endorsed the logbook of that student pilot, the endorsement…

  • 14 CFR § 61.93 Solo cross-country flight requirements.

    Solo cross-country flight requirements. authorized instructor has given the student flight training in both directions over the route, including entering and exiting the traffic patterns, takeoffs, and landings at the airports to be used; (ii) The authorized instructor ... gave the training has endorsed the student's logbook certifying that the student is proficient to make such flights; (iii) The student has a solo flight endorsement in accordance with § 61.87 of this part; and (iv) The student…

  • Appendix C: Certificates, Ratings, and Endorsements › Flight Instructor Endorsements › Sport Pilot

    Added flight instructor ratings require a knowledge test on subject matter (part 61, section 61.183(f)), but the current added rating tests are shorter than the original flight instructor certification test under part 61, section 61.183(f) . Sport pilot applicants ... take a knowledge test required by 14 CFR part 61, section 61.307(a). The regulation requires a logbook endorsement from an authorized instructor in order to be able to take the knowledge test. 14 CFR part 61, section…

  • 20 PRE-SOLO REQUIREMENTS AND PRIVILEGES › 20.5 Cross-Country

    Cross-Country. A student pilot who seeks solo cross-country flight privileges must have received flight training on the maneuvers and procedures required by 14 CFR § 61.93(e)–(m), as appropriate to the M/M of aircraft for which the solo ... cross-country privileges are sought. The student pilot must have demonstrated cross-country proficiency on the appropriate maneuvers and procedures of 14 CFR § 61.93 to an authorized instructor. The student pilot must have satisfactorily accomplished the pre-solo flight maneuvers…

  • 14 CFR § 61.87 Solo requirements for student pilots.

    Solo requirements for student pilots. (o) Limitations on student pilots operating an aircraft in solo flight at night. A student pilot may not operate an aircraft in solo flight at night unless that student pilot has received: (1) Flight training ... night flying procedures that includes takeoffs, approaches, landings, and go-arounds at night at the airport where the solo flight will be conducted; (2) Navigation training at night in the vicinity of the airport where the solo flight will…

  • Appendix C: Certificates, Ratings, and Endorsements › Flight Instructor Endorsements

    part 61, section 61.51 details the information required for logbook entries. Flight instructors may also provide training and make logbook endorsements for pilots who are already certificated such as sport, recreational, private, commercial, and instrument rated pilots, as well ... other flight instructors. Typical endorsements include but are not limited to flight reviews, instrument proficiency checks, the additional training required for high performance, high altitude, and tail wheel aircraft, and types of glider launches. Additional rating applicants (e.g., multiengine…