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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

§ 61.52 

(i) The Administrator; 
(ii) An authorized representative 

from the National Transportation Safe-
ty Board; or 

(iii) Any Federal, State, or local law 

enforcement officer. 

(2) A student pilot must carry the 

following items in the aircraft on all 
solo cross-country flights as evidence 
of the required authorized instructor 
clearances and endorsements— 

(i) Pilot logbook; 
(ii) Student pilot certificate; and 
(iii) Any other record required by 

this section. 

(3) A sport pilot must carry his or her 

logbook or other evidence of required 
authorized instructor endorsements on 
all flights. 

(4) A recreational pilot must carry 

his or her logbook with the required 
authorized instructor endorsements on 
all solo flights— 

(i) That exceed 50 nautical miles 

from the airport at which training was 
received; 

(ii) Within airspace that requires 

communication with air traffic con-
trol; 

(iii) Conducted between sunset and 

sunrise; or 

(iv) In an aircraft for which the pilot 

does not hold an appropriate category 
or class rating. 

(5) A flight instructor with a sport 

pilot rating must carry his or her log-
book or other evidence of required au-
thorized instructor endorsements on 
all flights when providing flight train-
ing. 

(j) 

Aircraft requirements for logging 

flight time. 

For a person to log flight 

time, the time must be acquired in an 
aircraft that is identified as an aircraft 
under § 61.5(b), and is— 

(1) An aircraft of U.S. registry with 

either a standard or special airworthi-
ness certificate; 

(2) An aircraft of foreign registry 

with an airworthiness certificate that 
is approved by the aviation authority 
of a foreign country that is a Member 
State to the Convention on Inter-
national Civil Aviation Organization; 

(3) A military aircraft under the di-

rect operational control of the U.S. 
Armed Forces; or 

(4) A public aircraft under the direct 

operational control of a Federal, State, 

county, or municipal law enforcement 
agency, if the flight time was acquired 
by the pilot while engaged on an offi-
cial law enforcement flight for a Fed-
eral, State, County, or Municipal law 
enforcement agency. 

(k) 

Logging night vision goggle time. 

(1) 

A person may log night vision goggle 
time only for the time the person uses 
night vision goggles as the primary vis-
ual reference of the surface and oper-
ates: 

(i) An aircraft during a night vision 

goggle operation; or 

(ii) A full flight simulator or flight 

training device with the lighting sys-
tem adjusted to represent the period 
beginning 1 hour after sunset and end-
ing 1 hour before sunrise. 

(2) An authorized instructor may log 

night vision goggle time when that per-
son conducts training using night vi-
sion goggles as the primary visual ref-
erence of the surface and operates: 

(i) An aircraft during a night goggle 

operation; or 

(ii) A full flight simulator or flight 

training device with the lighting sys-
tem adjusted to represent the period 
beginning 1 hour after sunset and end-
ing 1 hour before sunrise. 

(3) To log night vision goggle time to 

meet the recent night vision goggle ex-
perience requirements under § 61.57(f), a 
person must log the information re-
quired under § 61.51(b). 

[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997; 
Amdt. 61–103, 62 FR 40897, July 30, 1997; 
Amdt. 61–104, 63 FR 20286, Apr. 23, 1998; Amdt. 
61–110, 69 FR 44865, July 27, 2004; Amdt. 61– 
124, 74 FR 42549, Aug. 21, 2009; Amdt. 61–128, 76 
FR 54105, Aug. 31, 2011; Amdt. 61–142, 83 FR 
30277, June 27, 2018] 

§ 61.52

Use of aeronautical experience 

obtained in ultralight vehicles. 

(a) Before January 31, 2012, a person 

may use aeronautical experience ob-
tained in an ultralight vehicle to meet 
the requirements for the following cer-
tificates and ratings issued under this 
part: 

(1) A sport pilot certificate. 
(2) A flight instructor certificate 

with a sport pilot rating; 

(3) A private pilot certificate with a 

weight-shift-control or powered para-
chute category rating. 

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