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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

§ 61.129 

(i) Preflight preparation; 
(ii) Preflight procedures; 
(iii) Airport operations; 
(iv) Takeoffs, landings, and go- 

arounds; 

(v) Performance maneuvers; 
(vi) Ground reference maneuvers; 
(vii) Navigation; 
(viii) Flight at slow airspeeds; 
(ix) Emergency operations; and 
(x) Postflight procedures. 
(5) For a powered-lift category rat-

ing: 

(i) Preflight preparation; 
(ii) Preflight procedures; 
(iii) Airport and heliport operations; 
(iv) Hovering maneuvers; 
(v) Takeoffs, landings, and go- 

arounds; 

(vi) Performance maneuvers; 
(vii) Navigation; 
(viii) Slow flight and stalls; 
(ix) Emergency operations; 
(x) High-altitude operations; 
(xi) Special operations; and 
(xii) Postflight procedures. 
(6) For a glider category rating: 
(i) Preflight preparation; 
(ii) Preflight procedures; 
(iii) Airport and gliderport oper-

ations; 

(iv) Launches and landings; 
(v) Performance speeds; 
(vi) Soaring techniques; 
(vii) Performance maneuvers; 
(viii) Navigation; 
(ix) Slow flight and stalls; 
(x) Emergency operations; and 
(xi) Postflight procedures. 
(7) For a lighter-than-air category 

rating with an airship class rating: 

(i) Fundamentals of instructing; 
(ii) Technical subjects; 
(iii) Preflight preparation; 
(iv) Preflight lesson on a maneuver 

to be performed in flight; 

(v) Preflight procedures; 
(vi) Airport operations; 
(vii) Takeoffs, landings, and go- 

arounds; 

(viii) Performance maneuvers; 
(ix) Navigation; 
(x) Emergency operations; and 
(xi) Postflight procedures. 
(8) For a lighter-than-air category 

rating with a balloon class rating: 

(i) Fundamentals of instructing; 
(ii) Technical subjects; 
(iii) Preflight preparation; 

(iv) Preflight lesson on a maneuver 

to be performed in flight; 

(v) Preflight procedures; 
(vi) Airport operations; 
(vii) Launches and landings; 
(viii) Performance maneuvers; 
(ix) Navigation; 
(x) Emergency operations; and 
(xi) Postflight procedures. 

[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997, as 
amended by Amdt. 61–124, 74 FR 42558, Aug. 
21, 2009] 

§ 61.129

Aeronautical experience. 

(a) 

For an airplane single-engine rat-

ing. 

Except as provided in paragraph (i) 

of this section, a person who applies for 
a commercial pilot certificate with an 
airplane category and single-engine 
class rating must log at least 250 hours 
of flight time as a pilot that consists of 
at least: 

(1) 100 hours in powered aircraft, of 

which 50 hours must be in airplanes. 

(2) 100 hours of pilot-in-command 

flight time, which includes at least— 

(i) 50 hours in airplanes; and 
(ii) 50 hours in cross-country flight of 

which at least 10 hours must be in air-
planes. 

(3) 20 hours of training on the areas 

of operation listed in § 61.127(b)(1) of 
this part that includes at least— 

(i) Ten hours of instrument training 

using a view-limiting device including 
attitude instrument flying, partial 
panel skills, recovery from unusual 
flight attitudes, and intercepting and 
tracking navigational systems. Five 
hours of the 10 hours required on in-
strument training must be in a single 
engine airplane; 

(ii) 10 hours of training in a complex 

airplane, a turbine-powered airplane, 
or a technically advanced airplane 
(TAA) that meets the requirements of 
paragraph (j) of this section, or any 
combination thereof. The airplane 
must be appropriate to land or sea for 
the rating sought; 

(iii) One 2-hour cross country flight 

in a single engine airplane in daytime 
conditions that consists of a total 
straight-line distance of more than 100 
nautical miles from the original point 
of departure; 

(iv) One 2-hour cross country flight 

in a single engine airplane in night-
time conditions that consists of a total 

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