Private Pilot:Flight training must include: - Minimum of 40 hours of flight time (FAA average is 65)
- 20 hours of dual instruction including:
- 3 hours cross-country to airports more than 50 miles away
- 3 hours of dual night instruction, including one trip of at least 100 miles
- 3 hours of instrument flight training
- 10 hours of solo flight including:
- 5 hours of cross-country including a 150 mile round trip, one leg which is > 50 nm
- 3 take offs and landings ( to a full stop) at an airport with a control tower
- 3 hours of instruction in preparation for the practical test, within 2 months of test
- must be age 17 to take the test
Commercial Pilot:- Minimum of 250 hours total time
- 100 hours in powered aircraft, 50 in airplanes
- 100 hours PIC, 50 in airplanes
- 50 hours cross-country flight time as PIC, 10 in airplanes
- 10 hours dual simulated or actual instruments, 5 in airplanes
- 10 hours dual complex, retractable gear and controllable pitch prop
- 2 hours dual x-country flight of 100 nm, day
- 2 hours dual x-country flight of 100 nm, night
- 1 x-country flight PIC of 300 nm, 3 landing points, one leg which is >250 nm
- 5 hours PIC night VFR with 10 takeoffs and 10 landings at a controlled airport
- 3 hours of instruction in preparation for the practical test, within 2 months of test
- must be age 18 to take the test
Light Sport Pilot:- Hold a valid current drivers license
- 20 hours of flight time
- Pass a FAA sport pilot knowledge test
- Pass a FAA sport pilot practical flight test
| Instrument Rating:- 125 hours total time
- 50 hours cross-country flight time as pilot in command
- 40 hours simulated or actual instruments
- 15 hours dual in aircraft category
- 1 dual cross country of at least 250 miles under IFR with 3 different approaches
- 3 hours of instruction in preparation for the practical test
CFI & CFII - Must have commercial pilot certificate or ATP certificate
- Must have an instrument rating
- Take ground and flight training on fundamentals of instructing
- must be age 18 to take the test
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