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Section 61.58

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(ii) Three hovering tasks (only required if the pilot wants to use night
vision goggles when operating helicopters or powered-lifts during the hovering phase of flight).
(iii) Three area departure and area
arrival tasks.
(iv) Three tasks of transitioning from
aided night flight (aided night flight
means that the pilot uses night vision
goggles to maintain visual surface reference) to unaided night flight (unaided
night flight means that the pilot does
not use night vision goggles) and back
to aided night flight.
(v) Three night vision goggle operations, or when operating helicopters
or powered-lifts, six night vision goggle
operations.
(2) A person may act as pilot in command using night vision goggles only
if, within the 4 calendar months preceding the month of the flight, that
person performs and logs the tasks listed in paragraph (f)(1)(i) through (v) of
this section as the sole manipulator of
the controls during a night vision goggle operation.
(g) Night vision goggle proficiency
check. A person must either meet the
night vision goggle experience requirements of paragraphs (f)(1) or (f)(2) of
this section or pass a night vision goggle proficiency check to act as pilot in
command using night vision goggles.
The proficiency check must be performed in the category of aircraft that
is appropriate to the night vision goggle operation for which the person is
seeking the night vision goggle privilege or in a full flight simulator or
flight training device that is representative of that category of aircraft. The
check must consist of the tasks listed
in Section 61.31(k), and the check must be performed by:
(1) An Examiner who is qualified to
perform night vision goggle operations
in that same aircraft category and
class;
(2) A person who is authorized by the
U.S. Armed Forces to perform night vision goggle proficiency checks, provided the person being administered
the check is also a member of the U.S.
Armed Forces;
(3) A company check pilot who is authorized to perform night vision goggle
proficiency checks under parts 121, 125,

or 135 of this chapter, provided that
both the check pilot and the pilot
being tested are employees of that operator;
(4) An authorized flight instructor
who is qualified to perform night vision
goggle operations in that same aircraft
category and class;
(5) A person who is qualified as pilot
in command for night vision goggle operations in accordance with paragraph
(f) of this section; or
(6) A person approved by the FAA to
perform night vision goggle proficiency
checks.
[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997;
Amdt. 61-103, 62 FR 40898, July 30, 1997]
EDITORIAL NOTE: For FEDERAL REGISTER citations affecting Section 61.57, see the List of CFR
Sections Affected, which appears in the
Finding Aids section of the printed volume
and at www.govinfo.gov.

Section 61.58 Pilot-in-command
proficiency
check: Operation of an aircraft that
requires more than one pilot flight
crewmember or is turbojet-powered.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in
this section, to serve as pilot in command of an aircraft that is type certificated for more than one required pilot
flight crewmember or is turbojet-powered, a person must - 
(1) Within the preceding 12 calendar
months, complete a pilot-in-command
proficiency check in an aircraft that is
type certificated for more than one required pilot flight crewmember or is
turbojet-powered; and
(2) Within the preceding 24 calendar
months, complete a pilot-in-command
proficiency check in the particular
type of aircraft in which that person
will serve as pilot in command, that is
type certificated for more than one required pilot flight crewmember or is
turbojet-powered.
(b) This section does not apply to
persons conducting operations under
subpart K of part 91, part 121, 125, 133,
135, or 137 of this chapter, or persons
maintaining continuing qualification
under an Advanced Qualification program approved under subpart Y of part
121 of this chapter.
(c) The pilot-in-command proficiency
check given in accordance with the
provisions of subpart K of part 91, part

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