High Performance Endorsement and SIC type rating
Hi folks, I’m not sure if somebody could’ve asked this question here before, but if someone did, I’m sorry, but I need clarification. Well, I don’t think this is correct but I’ve been told a lot that...
View ArticleSolo flight (First 90-Day period)
Hello Everyone I’m currently doing my CFI training and I got a question about the First-90 Day period endorsement. I understand that for a student pilot to solo, the CFI must give him/her: Presolo...
View ArticleHigh Performance Endorsement
Hi all, I’ve recently been offered the opportunity to build time in a Seneca II Turbo and while reading through the POH I noticed that the engines produce 200 HP at sea level and 215 HP at 12,000...
View ArticleDefinition of complex: what qualifies?
61.1 (b) states: Complex airplane means an airplane that has a retractable landing gear, flaps, and a controllable pitch propeller, including airplanes equipped with an engine control system...
View ArticleNo solo, no pdpic, lots of pic for multi commercial applicants?
Hi! My seniorities! I have a question about aeronautical experience for commercial cert applicant. I know applicants need some solo or pdpic time. My friend moved from flight safety school right before...
View ArticleSolo endorsement for night flight restricted cert
This one has me scratching my head. I have a private pilot who got his certificate back in the days when it was possible to get a night-flight restricted certificate. It is not related to the Alaska...
View ArticleCFII 61.39 Practical Test Endorsement Expiration
I have read similar forums but nothing answers my question directly. Heres my situation: I received a CFII endorsement on 7/20/18. I submitted my IACRA application for the CFII today 9/10/18. It is my...
View ArticleIs the student solo endorsement a “package deal” with that specific instructor?
If someone receive’s a student whose completed his old instructors pre written solo exam and received an endorsement. Do I need to give him my solo test and endorsement? Or go ahead and complete the...
View ArticleCan a private pilot carry passengers in a category/class they are not...
Im currently studying for my CFI and have been trying to get better at navigating the regulations. Part of this is I have been giving myself practice scenarios of questions students might ask and then...
View ArticleSolo Cross-country initial endorsement
Hi everybody, I hope someone can help me with this questions. One of my students is a student pilot seeking a private pilot certificate, was flying with another instructor who gave him the solo...
View ArticleCFI Checkride: Endorsement and Change of Airplane
Hello everyone! I did my CFI training at a school in North Carolina (in a Diamond DA20), but had to discontinue my oral portion. We could not find a new date and Hurricane Dorian was about to hit...
View ArticleCFI-Sport adding instruction in lsa seaplane (holds Private Pilot ASEL/ASES)
I know that typically a Sport Pilot instructor that become a CFI-Sport has to get a checkride from another CFI and endorsement to add seaplane instruction privleges. What about the scenario where a...
View ArticleStudent’s First Solo Flight (“Take her up for 3 touch and go’s!”) – Endorsement?
I’m studying for my CFI. Back in 1984 when I soloed (yup, 1984), my instructor got out of the Beechcraft Skipper and told me to take the plane around the pattern for a few touch and go’s. This was my...
View ArticleHow long is the instructor’s signature on the IACRA 8710 form?
I am inheriting a commercial student from another instructor that recently left. His logbook endorsements and IACRA were signed by his former CFI, but I fear he it will be more than 2 calendar months...
View ArticleComplex endorsement as a student pilot, still valid as a private pilot?
Hello all, I have been trying to find the answer to this question in the FAR/AIM without success, hoping someone on here has some helpful information! If an endorsement is obtained as a student pilot,...
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