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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

Pt. 61 

Vmcl

Minimum Control Speed—Landing. 

Vmu

The speed at which the last main 

landing gear leaves the ground. 

V

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Rotate Speed. 

V

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Stall Speed or minimum speed in the 

stall. 

WAT

Weight, Altitude, Temperature. 

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EQUIREMENTS

 

[Doc. No. FAA–2002–12461, 73 FR 26490, May 9, 
2008] 

PART 61—CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, 

FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, AND 
GROUND INSTRUCTORS 

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Subpart A—General 

Sec. 
61.1

Applicability and definitions. 

61.2

Exercise of Privilege. 

61.3

Requirement for certificates, ratings, 

and authorizations. 

61.4

Qualification and approval of flight 

simulators and flight training devices. 

61.5

Certificates and ratings issued under 

this part. 

61.7

Obsolete certificates and ratings. 

61.8

Inapplicability of unmanned aircraft 

operations. 

61.9

[Reserved] 

61.11

Expired pilot certificates and 

reissuance. 

61.13

Issuance of airman certificates, rat-

ings, and authorizations. 

61.14

[Reserved] 

61.15

Offenses involving alcohol or drugs. 

61.16

Refusal to submit to an alcohol test or 

to furnish test results. 

61.17

Temporary certificate. 

61.18

Security disqualification. 

61.19

Duration of pilot and instructor cer-

tificates and privileges. 

61.21

Duration of a Category II and a Cat-

egory III pilot authorization (for other 
than part 121 and part 135 use). 

61.23

Medical certificates: Requirement and 

duration. 

61.25

Change of name. 

61.27

Voluntary surrender or exchange of 

certificate. 

61.29

Replacement of a lost or destroyed air-

man or medical certificate or knowledge 
test report. 

61.31

Type rating requirements, additional 

training, and authorization require-
ments. 

61.33

Tests: General procedure. 

61.35

Knowledge test: Prerequisites and 

passing grades. 

61.37

Knowledge tests: Cheating or other 

unauthorized conduct. 

61.39

Prerequisites for practical tests. 

61.41

Flight training received from flight 

instructors not certificated by the FAA. 

61.43

Practical tests: General procedures. 

61.45

Practical tests: Required aircraft and 

equipment. 

61.47

Status of an examiner who is author-

ized by the Administrator to conduct 
practical tests. 

61.49

Retesting after failure. 

61.51

Pilot logbooks. 

61.52

Use of aeronautical experience ob-

tained in ultralight vehicles. 

61.53

Prohibition on operations during med-

ical deficiency. 

61.55

Second-in-command qualifications. 

61.56

Flight review. 

61.57

Recent flight experience: Pilot in com-

mand. 

61.58

Pilot-in-command proficiency check: 

Operation of an aircraft that requires 
more than one pilot flight crewmember 
or is turbojet-powered. 

61.59

Falsification, reproduction, or alter-

ation of applications, certificates, 
logbooks, reports, or records. 

61.60

Change of address. 

Subpart B—Aircraft Ratings and Pilot 

Authorizations 

61.61

Applicability. 

61.63

Additional aircraft ratings (other than 

for ratings at the airline transport pilot 
certification level). 

61.64

Use of a flight simulator and flight 

training device. 

61.65

Instrument rating requirements. 

61.66

Enhanced Flight Vision System Pilot 

Requirements. 

61.67

Category II pilot authorization re-

quirements. 

61.68

Category III pilot authorization re-

quirements. 

61.69

Glider and unpowered ultralight vehi-

cle towing: Experience and training re-
quirements. 

61.71

Graduates of an approved training pro-

gram other than under this part: Special 
rules. 

61.73

Military pilots or former military pi-

lots: Special rules. 

61.75

Private pilot certificate issued on the 

basis of a foreign pilot license. 

61.77

Special purpose pilot authorization: 

Operation of a civil aircraft of the United 
States and leased by a non-U.S. citizen. 

Subpart C—Student Pilots 

61.81

Applicability. 

61.83

Eligibility requirements for student 

pilots. 

61.85

Application. 

61.87

Solo requirements for student pilots. 

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