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Pt. 141, App. I 

ground instructor rating for which the 
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1. 

Applicability. 

This appendix prescribes 

the minimum curriculum for an additional 
aircraft category rating course or an addi-
tional aircraft class rating course required 
under this part, for the following ratings: 

(a) Airplane single-engine. 
(b) Airplane multiengine. 
(c) Rotorcraft helicopter. 
(d) Rotorcraft gyroplane. 
(e) Powered-lift. 
(f) Glider. 
(g) Lighter-than-air airship. 
(h) Lighter-than-air balloon. 
2. 

Eligibility for enrollment. 

A person must 

hold the level of pilot certificate for the ad-
ditional aircraft category and class rating 
for which the course applies prior to enroll-
ing in the flight portion of an additional air-
craft category or additional aircraft class 
rating course. 

3. 

Aeronautical knowledge training. 

(a) For a recreational pilot certificate, the 

following aeronautical knowledge areas 
must be included in a 10-hour ground train-
ing course for an additional aircraft category 
and/or class rating: 

(1) Applicable regulations issued by the 

Federal Aviation Administration for rec-
reational pilot privileges, limitations, and 
flight operations; 

(2) Safe and efficient operation of aircraft, 

including collision avoidance, and recogni-
tion and avoidance of wake turbulence; 

(3) Effects of density altitude on takeoff 

and climb performance; 

(4) Weight and balance computations; 
(5) Principles of aerodynamics, power-

plants, and aircraft systems; 

(6) Stall awareness, spin entry, spins, and 

spin recovery techniques if applying for an 
airplane single engine rating; and 

(7) Preflight action that includes how to 

obtain information on runway lengths at air-
ports of intended use, data on takeoff and 
landing distances, weather reports and fore-
casts, and fuel requirements. 

(b) For a private pilot certificate, the fol-

lowing aeronautical knowledge areas must 
be included in a 10-hour ground training 
course for an additional class rating or a 15- 
hour ground training course for an addi-
tional aircraft category and class rating: 

(1) Applicable regulations issued by the 

Federal Aviation Administration for private 
pilot privileges, limitations, and flight oper-
ations; 

(2) Safe and efficient operation of aircraft, 

including collision avoidance, and recogni-
tion and avoidance of wake turbulence; 

(3) Effects of density altitude on takeoff 

and climb performance; 

(4) Weight and balance computations; 
(5) Principles of aerodynamics, power-

plants, and aircraft systems; 

(6) Stall awareness, spin entry, spins, and 

spin recovery techniques if applying for an 
airplane single engine rating; and 

(7) Preflight action that includes how to 

obtain information on runway lengths at air-
ports of intended use, data on takeoff and 
landing distances, weather reports and fore-
casts, and fuel requirements. 

(c) For a commercial pilot certificate, the 

following aeronautical knowledge areas 
must be included in a 15-hour ground train-
ing course for an additional class rating or a 
20-hour ground training course for an addi-
tional aircraft category and class rating: 

(1) Applicable regulations issued by the 

Federal Aviation Administration for com-
mercial pilot privileges, limitations, and 
flight operations; 

(2) Basic aerodynamics and the principles 

of flight; 

(3) Safe and efficient operation of aircraft; 
(4) Weight and balance computations; 
(5) Use of performance charts; 
(6) Significance and effects of exceeding 

aircraft performance limitations; 

(7) Principles and functions of aircraft sys-

tems; 

(8) Maneuvers, procedures, and emergency 

operations appropriate to the aircraft; 

(9) Nighttime and high-altitude operations; 

and 

(10) Procedures for flight and ground train-

ing for lighter-than-air ratings. 

(d) For an airline transport pilot certifi-

cate, the following aeronautical knowledge 
areas must be included in a 25-hour ground 
training course for an additional aircraft 
category and/or class rating: 

(1) Applicable regulations issued by the 

Federal Aviation Administration for airline 
transport pilot privileges, limitations, and 
flight operations; 

(2) Meteorology, including knowledge and 

effects of fronts, frontal characteristics, 
cloud formations, icing, and upper-air data; 

(3) General system of weather and NOTAM 

collection, dissemination, interpretation, 
and use; 

(4) Interpretation and use of weather 

charts, maps, forecasts, sequence reports, ab-
breviations, and symbols; 

(5) National Weather Service functions as 

they pertain to operations in the National 
Airspace System; 

(6) Windshear and microburst awareness, 

identification, and avoidance; 

(7) Principles of air navigation under in-

strument meteorological conditions in the 
National Airspace System; 

(8) Air traffic control procedures and pilot 

responsibilities as they relate to en route op-
erations, terminal area and radar operations, 

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