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Airplane Single Engine Rating Time Requirements

This has been a pretty busy week for me as I am currently in Wilmington, DE at my yearly recurrent training event at Flight Safety.  My recurrent training is something I definitely look forward to each year.  It is a wonderful opportunity to not only re-learn the things I have forgotten since last year but [...]

How soon can I retake after failure?

Sally has a question about retesting after a failed knowledge test:
I failed the written FAA test for Private pilot last month. I have studied hard and now I am ready to take it again. How soon can I take it again?? Do I have to have my instructor sign off again?
Hi Sally.  I’d encourage you [...]

Can you become a Sport Pilot instructor with a Private rating?

From Mark, we have another question about Sport Pilot:
Does a current Private Pilot have to get a Sport Pilot rating as part of the requirements of being a CFI-SP Sport Pilot flight instructor?
Mark, the FAA has a table (pdf; it’s hard to track down!) that lists all the requirements for various SP certificates. CFI - Sport [...]

Adding a category to a rating

Scott writes:
I have the following certificates/ratings: ATP MEL, commercial helicopter, instrument helicopter, private SEL, and CFI helicopter. I am wanting to add a commercial or ATP to my SEL certificate, followed by my airplane CFI and MEI. 1st question: When I take my commercial checkride, does it have to be in a complex aircraft? 2nd [...]

What is the orgin for the Airway system designators?

I love the question I got recently from Rob who asks:
Paul, What is the origin of the instrument airway routing system and how are the alpha-numerical descriptions based for them?
I liked this question becuase I knew immeadiately after reading it that I didn’t have a clue what the answer was going to be (which isn’t [...]

TSA’s Large Aircraft Security Program

In case you haven’t heard, the comment period is ending soon (Feb 27, 2009) for a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that has been issued by the TSA.  This NPRM seeks to amend the current Twelve Five Standard Security Program (TFSSP) and Private Charter Standard Security Program (PCSSP) and apply new security requirements to all [...]

Can my Sport PIC time count towards other ratings?

Erik needs to build time and is considering a cheaper path:
I just got my private and am working on my instrument rating now but of course I need to get PIC too. Does PIC time in an LSA count as regular PIC time towards things like commercial and CFI ratings?
Erik, you’re in luck. As far [...]

Where is the source for the “W” in A.R.R.O.W?

John writes asking about the W in the A.R.R.O.W. acronym:
With regards to the acronym “ARROW” for required documents: Where in the FARs is the specific requirement for the “W”? I realize the requirement would be indirectly there because of the requirement for the AFM. But the acronym would be rather lengthy if we listed all [...]

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