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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 61.23 

(i) A sport pilot certificate with glid-

er or balloon privileges; or 

(ii) A pilot certificate with a glider 

category rating or balloon class rating; 

(2) When exercising the privileges of 

a sport pilot certificate with privileges 
in a glider or balloon; 

(3) When exercising the privileges of 

a pilot certificate with a glider cat-
egory rating or balloon class rating in 
a glider or a balloon, as appropriate; 

(4) When exercising the privileges of 

a flight instructor certificate with— 

(i) A sport pilot rating in a glider or 

balloon; or 

(ii) A glider category rating; 
(5) When exercising the privileges of 

a flight instructor certificate if the 
person is not acting as pilot in com-
mand or serving as a required pilot 
flight crewmember; 

(6) When exercising the privileges of 

a ground instructor certificate; 

(7) When serving as an Examiner or 

check airman and administering a 
practical test or proficiency check for 
an airman certificate, rating, or au-
thorization conducted in a glider, bal-
loon, flight simulator, or flight train-
ing device; 

(8) When taking a practical test or a 

proficiency check for a certificate, rat-
ing, authorization or operating privi-
lege conducted in a glider, balloon, 
flight simulator, or flight training de-
vice; or 

(9) When a military pilot of the U.S. 

Armed Forces can show evidence of an 
up-to-date medical examination au-
thorizing pilot flight status issued by 
the U.S. Armed Forces and— 

(i) The flight does not require higher 

than a third-class medical certificate; 
and 

(ii) The flight conducted is a domes-

tic flight operation within U.S. air-
space. 

(c) 

Operations requiring either a med-

ical certificate or U.S. driver’s license. 

(1) 

A person must hold and possess either 
a medical certificate issued under part 
67 of this chapter or a U.S. driver’s li-
cense when— 

(i) Exercising the privileges of a stu-

dent pilot certificate while seeking 
sport pilot privileges in a light-sport 
aircraft other than a glider or balloon; 

(ii) Exercising the privileges of a 

sport pilot certificate in a light-sport 
aircraft other than a glider or balloon; 

(iii) Exercising the privileges of a 

flight instructor certificate with a 
sport pilot rating while acting as pilot 
in command or serving as a required 
flight crewmember of a light-sport air-
craft other than a glider or balloon; 

(iv) Serving as an Examiner and ad-

ministering a practical test for the 
issuance of a sport pilot certificate in a 
light-sport aircraft other than a glider 
or balloon; 

(v) Exercising the privileges of a stu-

dent, recreational or private pilot cer-
tificate if the flight is conducted under 
the conditions and limitations set 
forth in § 61.113(i); or 

(vi) Exercising the privileges of a 

flight instructor certificate and acting 
as the pilot in command or as a re-
quired flight crewmember if the flight 
is conducted under the conditions and 
limitations set forth in § 61.113(i). 

(2) A person using a U.S. driver’s li-

cense to meet the requirements of 
paragraph (c) while exercising sport 
pilot privileges must— 

(i) Comply with each restriction and 

limitation imposed by that person’s 
U.S. driver’s license and any judicial or 
administrative order applying to the 
operation of a motor vehicle; 

(ii) Have been found eligible for the 

issuance of at least a third-class air-
man medical certificate at the time of 
his or her most recent application (if 
the person has applied for a medical 
certificate); 

(iii) Not have had his or her most re-

cently issued medical certificate (if the 
person has held a medical certificate) 
suspended or revoked or most recent 
Authorization for a Special Issuance of 
a Medical Certificate withdrawn; and 

(iv) Not know or have reason to know 

of any medical condition that would 
make that person unable to operate a 
light-sport aircraft in a safe manner. 

(3) A person using a U.S. driver’s li-

cense to meet the requirements of 
paragraph (c) while operating under 
the conditions and limitations of 
§ 61.113(i) must meet the following re-
quirements— 

(i) The person must— 

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