Flight Training

Part 61

For a Single Engine Airplane Rating:

Total Time : 40 hours which consists of at least:

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Dual :

• 20 hours of flight training with an instructor on the Private Pilot areas of operation that includes:
• 3 hours of cross-country flight training in a single engine airplane;
• 3 hours of night flight training in a single engine airplane, that includes at least-
• 1 cross-country flight of over 100 nm. total distance; and
• 10 takeoffs and 10 landings with each involving a flight in the traffic pattern.
• 3 hours of flight training by reference to instruments in a single engine airplane; and
• (See Note 1)
• 3 hours of flight training in a single engine airplane within the preceding 60 days prior to the practical test.

Solo :

• 10 hours of solo flying in a single engine airplane on the Private Pilot areas of operation, that includes:
• 5 hours of solo cross-country flying;
• 1 solo cross-country flight of at least 150 nm. total distance with 3 points and one segment of at least 50 nm. between takeoff and landings; and
• 3 takeoffs and landings at a controlled airport.

NOTE :

Where §61.109 requires “. . . 3 hours of flight training by reference to instruments in a single engine airplane” [i.e., II.A.3.] or “. . . in a multiengine airplane” [i.e., III. A.3.] or “. . . in a poweredlift” [i.e., VI. A.3.] it has to be in the aircraft in flight. It cannot be in a FS, FTD, or a PCATC. The “. . . flight training by reference to instruments . . .” must have been in the aircraft in flight. Read more…