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  2. Pilot certification in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Private Pilot Certificate in particular is known to take students more than the legal minimum hours to complete. These minimums were set decades ago, before the era of complex GPS units and an increasingly regulated National Airspace System. The national average for the Private Pilot Certificate is currently estimated at 60-75 hours. [42] [43]

  3. FAA Certificate - Wikipedia

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    The term FAA Certificate may refer to an FAA-issued certificate: Pilot certificate, one of several kinds of airman certificates issued by the FAA; Ground Instructor certificate; Type certificate of the airworthiness of a particular category of aircraft; Approval certificate of a maintenance company. [citation needed

  4. Pilot licensing and certification - Wikipedia

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    Medical certification is not required for sport pilots. The United States also issues the recreational pilot certificate, which permits an individual to fly aircraft of up to 180 horsepower and 4 seats in the daytime for pleasure only. [11] [24] To operate small drones commercially, the United States issues the Remote Pilot Certificate. [25] [26]

  5. Private pilot licence - Wikipedia

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    A private pilot licence (PPL) or private pilot certificate is a type of pilot licence that allows the holder to act as pilot in command of an aircraft privately (not for remuneration). The basic licence requirements are determined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), but implementation varies from country to country.

  6. List of aircraft registration prefixes - Wikipedia

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    FLA RF-00001 to FLA RF-99999 or ФЛА РФ-00001 to ФЛА РФ-99999 (Private - no longer valid) RA-0001K to RA-9999K (Ultralight - no longer valid) RA-0001G to RA-9999G (Private - aircraft without type certificate) RA-0001A to RA-9999A (Ultralight)

  7. FAA finalizes pilot training, certification rules for ... - AOL

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    The White House cleared the FAA's final rules on Friday that were first proposed in June 2023. FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker confirmed the final rule at a conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday.

  8. Instrument rating in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Hold a current FAA Medical Certificate, unless the Practical Examination is administered, in its entirety, in an FAA-certified Level D Flight Training Device. Receive and log ground training from an authorized instructor (i.e. ground school course) or complete a home-study course using an instrument textbook and/or videos.

  9. Federal Aviation Regulations - Wikipedia

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    Title 14 CFR – Aeronautics and Space is one of the fifty titles that make up the United States Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Title 14 is the principal set of rules and regulations (sometimes called administrative law) issued by the Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration, federal agencies of the United States which oversee Aeronautics and Space.