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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

Pt. 141, App. G 

(4) 

For a rotorcraft—gyroplane course: 

(i) 

Fundamentals of instructing; 

(ii) Technical subject areas; 
(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) Fundamentals of flight; 
(ix) Performance maneuvers; 
(x) Flight at slow airspeeds; 
(xi) Ground reference maneuvers; 
(xii) Emergency operations; and 
(xiii) Postflight procedures. 
(5) 

For a powered-lift course: 

(i) Fundamen-

tals of instructing; 

(ii) Technical subject areas; 
(iii) Preflight preparation; 
(iv) Preflight lesson on a maneuver to be 

performed in flight; 

(v) Preflight procedures; 
(vi) Airport and heliport operations; 
(vii) Hovering maneuvers; 
(viii) Takeoffs, landings, and go-arounds; 
(ix) Fundamentals of flight; 
(x) Performance maneuvers; 
(xi) Ground reference maneuvers; 
(xii) Slow flight and stalls; 
(xiii) Basic instrument maneuvers; 
(xiv) Emergency operations; 
(xv) Special operations; and 
(xvi) Postflight procedures. 
(6) 

For a glider course: 

(i) Fundamentals of 

instructing; 

(ii) Technical subject areas; 
(iii) Preflight preparation; 
(iv) Preflight lesson on a maneuver to be 

performed in flight; 

(v) Preflight procedures; 
(vi) Airport and gliderport operations; 
(vii) Tows or launches, landings, and go- 

arounds, if applicable; 

(viii) Fundamentals of flight; 
(ix) Performance speeds; 
(x) Soaring techniques; 
(xi) Performance maneuvers; 
(xii) Slow flight, stalls, and spins; 
(xiii) Emergency operations; and 
(xiv) Postflight procedures. 
5. 

Stage checks and end-of-course tests. 

(a) 

Each student enrolled in a flight instructor 
course must satisfactorily accomplish the 
stage checks and end-of-course tests, in ac-
cordance with the school’s approved training 
course, consisting of the appropriate ap-
proved areas of operation listed in paragraph 
(c) of section No. 4 of this appendix appro-
priate to the flight instructor rating for 
which the course applies. 

(b) In the case of a student who is enrolled 

in a flight instructor-airplane rating or 
flight instructor-glider rating course, that 
student must have: 

(1) Received a logbook endorsement from a 

certificated flight instructor certifying the 
student received ground and flight training 

on stall awareness, spin entry, spins, and 
spin recovery procedures in an aircraft that 
is certificated for spins and is appropriate to 
the rating sought; and 

(2) Demonstrated instructional proficiency 

in stall awareness, spin entry, spins, and spin 
recovery procedures. 

[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997; 
Amdt. 141–9, 62 FR 40909, July 30, 1997, as 
amended by Docket FAA–2015–1846, Amdt. 
141–18, 81 FR 21461, Apr. 12, 2016] 

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1. 

Applicability. 

This appendix prescribes 

the minimum curriculum for a flight in-
structor instrument certification course re-
quired under this part, for the following rat-
ings: 

(a) Flight Instructor Instrument—Air-

plane. 

(b) Flight Instructor Instrument—Heli-

copter. 

(c) Flight Instructor Instrument—Pow-

ered-lift aircraft. 

2. 

Eligibility for enrollment. 

A person must 

hold the following prior to enrolling in the 
flight portion of the flight instructor instru-
ment course: 

(a) A commercial pilot certificate or air-

line transport pilot certificate with an air-
craft category and class rating appropriate 
to the flight instructor category and class 
rating for which the course applies; and 

(b) An instrument rating or privilege on 

that flight instructor applicant’s pilot cer-
tificate that is appropriate to the flight in-
structor instrument rating (for an airplane- 
, helicopter-, or powered-lift-instrument rat-
ing, as appropriate) for which the course ap-
plies. 

3. 

Aeronautical knowledge training. 

(a) Each 

approved course must include at least 15 
hours of ground training on the aeronautical 
knowledge areas listed in paragraph (b) of 
this section, appropriate to the flight in-
structor instrument rating (for an airplane- 
, helicopter-, or powered-lift-instrument rat-
ing, as appropriate) for which the course ap-
plies: 

(b) Ground training must include the fol-

lowing aeronautical knowledge areas: 

(1) The fundamentals of instructing includ-

ing: 

(i) The learning process; 
(ii) Elements of effective teaching; 
(iii) Student evaluation and testing; 
(iv) Course development; 
(v) Lesson planning; and 
(vi) Classroom training techniques. 

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