Flight Instructor for Rotorcraft Category Helicopter Rating › VI. Airport and Heliport Operations › Task A. Runway/Taxiway/Heliport/Helipad Signs, Markings, and Lighting

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14 CFR Part 91 — General Operating and Flight Rules Open
14 CFR § 91.1091 Qualifications: Flight instructors (aircraft) and flight instructors (simulator).
Qualifications: Flight instructors (aircraft) and flight instructors (simulator). (a) For the purposes of this section and § 91.1095: (1) A flight instructor (aircraft) is a person who is qualified to instruct in an aircraft, in a flight simulator ... flight training device for a particular type, class, or category aircraft. (2) A flight instructor (simulator) is a person who is qualified to instruct in a flight simulator, in a flight training device, or in both, for a particular type…
Aeronautical Information Manual p. 2-1-8
Chapter 2. Aeronautical Lighting and Other Airport Visual Aids › Section 1. Airport Lighting Aids › 2-1-6. Runway Status Light (RWSL) System
runway at the “line up and wait” point. THLs extend for 1,500 feet in front of the holding aircraft starting at a point 375 feet from the departure threshold (see FIG 2-1-11). Illuminated red lights provide ... signal, to an aircraft in position for takeoff or rolling, that it is unsafe to takeoff because the runway is occupied or about to be occupied by another aircraft or ground vehicle. Two aircraft, or a surface vehicle…
14 CFR Part 91 — General Operating and Flight Rules Open
14 CFR § 91.326 Exception to operating certain aircraft for the purposes of flight training, flightcrew member checking, or flightcrew member testing.
Exception to operating certain aircraft for the purposes of flight training, flightcrew member checking, or flightcrew member testing. (i) The authorized instructor, designated examiner, person receiving flight training or being checked or tested, or persons essential for the safe operation ... aircraft; and (ii) Notwithstanding any operating limitation applicable under § 91.9(a) that prohibits the carriage of passengers for compensation or hire, up to two persons enrolled in a LODA training course for the same aircraft may observe the flight training…
Aeronautical Information Manual p. 7-4-6
Chapter 7. Safety of Flight › Section 4. Wake Turbulence › 7-4-6. Vortex Avoidance Procedures
Landing behind a larger aircraft- when parallel runway is closer than 2,500 feet. Consider possible drift to your runway. Stay at or above the larger aircraft’s final approach flight path- note its touchdown point. 3. Landing behind ... larger aircraft- crossing runway. Cross above the larger aircraft’s flight path. 4. Landing behind a departing larger aircraft- same runway. Note the larger aircraft’s rotation point-land well prior to rotation point. 5. Landing behind a departing larger…
14 CFR Part 91 — General Operating and Flight Rules Open
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. for compensation or hire or conduct flight training for compensation or hire in an aircraft which that person provides unless within the preceding 100 hours of time ... service the aircraft has— (1) Been inspected by a certificated repairman (light-sport) with a maintenance rating, an appropriately rated mechanic, or an appropriately rated repair station in accordance with inspection procedures developed by the aircraft manufacturer or maintenance…