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§ 61.75 

(2) Holds an instrument rating, or has 

instrument privileges, on the pilot cer-
tificate that is appropriate to the 
flight instructor rating sought; and 

(3) Presents the following documents: 
(i) A knowledge test report that 

shows the person passed a knowledge 
test on the aeronautical knowledge 
areas listed under § 61.185(a) appro-
priate to the flight instructor rating 
sought and the knowledge test was 
passed within the preceding 24 calendar 
months prior to the month of applica-
tion. If the U.S. military instructor 
pilot or pilot examiner already holds a 
flight instructor certificate, holding of 
a flight instructor certificate suffices 
for the knowledge test report. 

(ii) An official U.S. Armed Forces 

record or order that shows the person 
is or was qualified as a U.S. Armed 
Forces military instructor pilot or 
pilot examiner for the flight instructor 
rating sought. 

(iii) An official U.S. Armed Forces 

record or order that shows the person 
completed a U.S. Armed Forces’ in-
structor pilot or pilot examiner train-
ing course and received an aircraft rat-
ing qualification as a military instruc-
tor pilot or pilot examiner that is ap-
propriate to the flight instructor rat-
ing sought. 

(iv) An official U.S. Armed Forces 

record or order that shows the person 
passed a U.S. Armed Forces instructor 
pilot or pilot examiner proficiency 
check in an aircraft as a military in-
structor pilot or pilot examiner that is 
appropriate to the flight instructor 
rating sought. 

(h) 

Documents for qualifying for a pilot 

certificate and rating. 

The following doc-

uments are required for a person to 
apply for a pilot certificate and rating: 

(1) An official U.S. Armed Forces 

record that shows the person is or was 
a military pilot. 

(2) An official U.S. Armed Forces 

record that shows the person graduated 
from a U.S. Armed Forces under-
graduate pilot training school and re-
ceived a rating qualification as a mili-
tary pilot. 

(3) An official U.S. Armed Forces 

record that shows the pilot passed a 
pilot proficiency check and instrument 
proficiency check in an aircraft as a 
military pilot. 

(4) If a person is a military pilot in 

the Armed Forces from a foreign con-
tracting State to the Convention on 
International Civil Aviation and is ap-
plying for a pilot certificate and rat-
ing, that person must present the fol-
lowing: 

(i) An official U.S. Armed Forces 

record that shows the person is a mili-
tary pilot in the U.S. Armed Forces; 

(ii) An official U.S. Armed Forces 

record that shows the person is as-
signed as a military pilot in the U.S. 
Armed Forces for purposes other than 
receiving flight training; 

(iii) An official record that shows the 

person graduated from a military un-
dergraduate pilot training school from 
the Armed Forces from a foreign con-
tracting State to the Convention on 
International Civil Aviation or from 
the U.S. Armed Forces, and received a 
qualification as a military pilot; and 

(iv) An official U.S. Armed Forces 

record that shows that the person 
passed a pilot proficiency check and in-
strument proficiency check in an air-
craft as a military pilot in the U.S. 
Armed Forces. 

[Doc. No. FAA–2006–26661, 74 FR 42555, Aug. 
21, 2009] 

§ 61.75

Private pilot certificate issued 

on the basis of a foreign pilot li-
cense. 

(a) 

General. 

A person who holds a for-

eign pilot license at the private pilot 
level or higher that was issued by a 
contracting State to the Convention on 
International Civil Aviation may apply 
for and be issued a U.S. private pilot 
certificate with the appropriate ratings 
if the foreign pilot license meets the 
requirements of this section. 

(b) 

Certificate issued. 

A U.S. private 

pilot certificate issued under this sec-
tion must specify the person’s foreign 
license number and country of 
issuance. A person who holds a foreign 
pilot license issued by a contracting 
State to the Convention on Inter-
national Civil Aviation may be issued a 
U.S. private pilot certificate based on 
the foreign pilot license without any 
further showing of proficiency, pro-
vided the applicant: 

(1) Meets the requirements of this 

section; 

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