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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

§ 61.57 

training device, or aviation training 
device provided the device represents 
the category of aircraft for the instru-
ment rating privileges to be main-
tained and the pilot performs the tasks 
and iterations in simulated instrument 
conditions. A person may complete the 
instrument experience in any combina-
tion of an aircraft, full flight simu-
lator, flight training device, or avia-
tion training device. 

(3) Maintaining instrument recent 

experience in a glider. 

(i) Within the 6 calendar months pre-

ceding the month of the flight, that 
person must have performed and logged 
at least the following instrument cur-
rency tasks, iterations, and flight 
time, and the instrument currency 
must have been performed in actual 
weather conditions or under simulated 
weather conditions— 

(A) One hour of instrument flight 

time in a glider or in a single engine 
airplane using a view-limiting device 
while performing interception and 
tracking courses through the use of 
navigation electronic systems. 

(B) Two hours of instrument flight 

time in a glider or a single engine air-
plane with the use of a view-limiting 
device while performing straight 
glides, turns to specific headings, steep 
turns, flight at various airspeeds, navi-
gation, and slow flight and stalls. 

(ii) Before a pilot is allowed to carry 

a passenger in a glider under IFR or in 
weather conditions less than the mini-
mums prescribed for VFR, that pilot 
must— 

(A) Have logged and performed 2 

hours of instrument flight time in a 
glider within the 6 calendar months 
preceding the month of the flight. 

(B) Use a view-limiting-device while 

practicing performance maneuvers, 
performance airspeeds, navigation, 
slow flight, and stalls. 

(d) 

Instrument proficiency check. 

(1) 

Except as provided in paragraph (e) of 
this section, a person who has failed to 
meet the instrument experience re-
quirements of paragraph (c) of this sec-
tion for more than six calendar months 
may reestablish instrument currency 
only by completing an instrument pro-
ficiency check. The instrument pro-
ficiency check must consist of at least 
the following areas of operation: 

(i) Air traffic control clearances and 

procedures; 

(ii) Flight by reference to instru-

ments; 

(iii) Navigation systems; 
(iv) Instrument approach procedures; 
(v) Emergency operations; and 
(vi) Postflight procedures. 
(2) The instrument proficiency check 

must be— 

(i) In an aircraft that is appropriate 

to the aircraft category; 

(ii) For other than a glider, in a full 

flight simulator or flight training de-
vice that is representative of the air-
craft category; or 

(iii) For a glider, in a single-engine 

airplane or a glider. 

(3) The instrument proficiency check 

must be given by— 

(i) An examiner; 
(ii) A person authorized by the U.S. 

Armed Forces to conduct instrument 
flight tests, provided the person being 
tested is a member of the U.S. Armed 
Forces; 

(iii) A company check pilot who is 

authorized to conduct instrument 
flight tests under part 121, 125, or 135 of 
this chapter or subpart K of part 91 of 
this chapter, and provided that both 
the check pilot and the pilot being 
tested are employees of that operator 
or fractional ownership program man-
ager, as applicable; 

(iv) An authorized instructor; or 
(v) A person approved by the Admin-

istrator to conduct instrument prac-
tical tests. 

(e) 

Exceptions. 

(1) Paragraphs (a) and 

(b) of this section do not apply to a 
pilot in command who is employed by a 
part 119 certificate holder authorized 
to conduct operations under part 125 
when the pilot is engaged in a flight 
operation for that certificate holder if 
the pilot in command is in compliance 
with §§ 125.281 and 125.285 of this chap-
ter. 

(2) This section does not apply to a 

pilot in command who is employed by a 
part 119 certificate holder authorized 
to conduct operations under part 121 
when the pilot is engaged in a flight 
operation under part 91 or 121 for that 
certificate holder if the pilot in com-
mand complies with §§ 121.436 and 
121.439 of this chapter. 

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