


To carry passengers, within the preceding 90 days, 3 takeoffs and landings as the sole manipulator of the flight controls, in the same category and class. (Not two years) What is the daytime recent flight experience (trike and tail wheel) required?Ī: 90 Days. How often must a flight review be taken?Ī: 24 Months. Pilot currency requirements How long is the medical certificate valid?Ī: 3rd Class is 60 months for those under 40 and 24 months for those older than 40. You must demonstrate those maneuvers and procedures determined by the flight instructor as necessary to demonstrate you can safely exercise the privileges of your certificate. Will my flight review include Instrument maneuvers and approaches?Ī: Not necessarily. How much time is required for a flight review?Ī: A minimum of one hour flight instruction and one hour ground instruction is required. Completion of a flight review allows you to act as PIC in any category and class aircraft for which you are rated. Do I have to take a flight review for each category and class of aircraft in which I am rated?Ī: No. The instructor may act as PIC during the flight review. Must I have a current medical certificate to complete a flight review?Ī: You may complete a review without a current medical certificate but you must obtain a current medical certificate before acting as PIC. A pilot is acting as a PIC when flying solo and must have a flight review. Is a flight review required to fly solo?Ī: Yes. You may not act as PIC until you have completed a flight review, however, you may fly as a safety pilot as long as you agree that you will not be the acting PIC. Your pilot certificate is valid until surrendered, suspended or revoked. Is my pilot’s certificate still valid if I do not have a current flight review?Ī: Yes. If my flight review is unsuccessful will it be recorded in my pilot logbook or is any notice forwarded to the FAA?Ī: No, and no notice is forwarded to the FAA. Is it possible to fail a flight review?Ī: A person cannot “fail” a flight review, however, it is the discretion of the instructor whether or not to sign the pilot’s logbook as having completed the review satisfactorily. An instrument proficiency check does not qualify as a flight review but may be combined in the same flight. What counts as a flight review?Ī: Issuance of a new certificate, rating or operating privilege, or the completion of any phase of the FAA “Wings” program will count as a flight review. The pilot is required to demonstrate his/her knowledge of the general operating and flight rules of FAR Part 91. (The answer is not every two years) Is a written examination required?Ī: No. If you were in a situation where you had to answer the following quiz, how well would you do? Flight review Who is required to have a flight review?Ī: Every pilot needs to complete a flight review within the preceding 24 calendar months to act as PIC whether flying solo or carrying passengers. If you have been flying for some time now, are you as thorough as you were when you were a newly minted private pilot or have you let yourself become a just a little complacent and skip or gloss over some basic safety steps prior to flight? If you call flight service, do you ask for a standard (most complete) or abbreviate briefing? Do you simply look online and get some weather information? Do you check NOTAMS, AIRMETS, SIGMETS, AT C delays, etc.? There is a tremendous amount of information that we as pilots are responsible for knowing, and even the most proficient pilots and instructors have to look stuff up. DA (0.00 0.00 0.00 rg 0.00 Tc 0.00 Tw 10.17 TL /MicrosoftJhengHeiUIBold 9.00 Tf)ġ3.Do you sit down with an aeronautical chart and try to figure out as many of the symbols that you can? What ATC facilities control airspace at and above KPSK? \(Cincinnatti Sectional Chart\))
