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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

§ 61.1 

Subpart A—General 

§ 61.1

Applicability and definitions. 

(a) Except as provided in part 107 of 

this chapter, this part prescribes: 

(1) The requirements for issuing 

pilot, flight instructor, and ground in-
structor certificates and ratings; the 
conditions under which those certifi-
cates and ratings are necessary; and 
the privileges and limitations of those 
certificates and ratings. 

(2) The requirements for issuing 

pilot, flight instructor, and ground in-
structor authorizations; the conditions 
under which those authorizations are 
necessary; and the privileges and limi-
tations of those authorizations. 

(3) The requirements for issuing 

pilot, flight instructor, and ground in-
structor certificates and ratings for 
persons who have taken courses ap-
proved by the Administrator under 
other parts of this chapter. 

(b) For the purpose of this part: 

Accredited 

has the same meaning as 

defined by the Department of Edu-
cation in 34 CFR 600.2. 

Aeronautical experience 

means pilot 

time obtained in an aircraft, flight 
simulator, or flight training device for 
meeting the appropriate training and 
flight time requirements for an airman 
certificate, rating, flight review, or 
recency of flight experience require-
ments of this part. 

Authorized instructor 

means— 

(i) A person who holds a ground in-

structor certificate issued under part 
61 of this chapter and is in compliance 
with § 61.217, when conducting ground 
training in accordance with the privi-
leges and limitations of his or her 
ground instructor certificate; 

(ii) A person who holds a flight in-

structor certificate issued under part 
61 of this chapter and is in compliance 
with § 61.197, when conducting ground 
training or flight training in accord-
ance with the privileges and limita-
tions of his or her flight instructor cer-
tificate; or 

(iii) A person authorized by the Ad-

ministrator to provide ground training 
or flight training under part 61, 121, 135, 
or 142 of this chapter when conducting 
ground training or flight training in 
accordance with that authority. 

Aviation training device 

means a train-

ing device, other than a full flight sim-
ulator or flight training device, that 
has been evaluated, qualified, and ap-
proved by the Administrator. 

Complex airplane 

means an airplane 

that has a retractable landing gear, 
flaps, and a controllable pitch pro-
peller, including airplanes equipped 
with an engine control system con-
sisting of a digital computer and asso-
ciated accessories for controlling the 
engine and propeller, such as a full au-
thority digital engine control; or, in 
the case of a seaplane, flaps and a con-
trollable pitch propeller, including sea-
planes equipped with an engine control 
system consisting of a digital computer 
and associated accessories for control-
ling the engine and propeller, such as a 
full authority digital engine control. 

Cross-country time 

means— 

(i) Except as provided in paragraphs 

(ii) through (vi) of this definition, time 
acquired during flight— 

(A) Conducted by a person who holds 

a pilot certificate; 

(B) Conducted in an aircraft; 
(C) That includes a landing at a point 

other than the point of departure; and 

(D) That involves the use of dead 

reckoning, pilotage, electronic naviga-
tion aids, radio aids, or other naviga-
tion systems to navigate to the landing 
point. 

(ii) For the purpose of meeting the 

aeronautical experience requirements 
(except for a rotorcraft category rat-
ing), for a private pilot certificate (ex-
cept for a powered parachute category 
rating), a commercial pilot certificate, 
or an instrument rating, or for the pur-
pose of exercising recreational pilot 
privileges (except in a rotorcraft) 
under § 61.101 (c), time acquired during 
a flight— 

(A) Conducted in an appropriate air-

craft; 

(B) That includes a point of landing 

that was at least a straight-line dis-
tance of more than 50 nautical miles 
from the original point of departure; 
and 

(C) That involves the use of dead 

reckoning, pilotage, electronic naviga-
tion aids, radio aids, or other naviga-
tion systems to navigate to the landing 
point. 

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