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Pt. 141, App. J 

(ii) One flight involving a controlled ascent 

to 3,000 feet above the launch site; and 

(iii) Two flights within 2 calendar months 

before the date of the practical test. 

(2) For the commercial pilot certificate, 

the course requires 10 hours of flight train-
ing that includes eight training flights on 
the areas of operations of appendix D to part 
141, paragraph 4.(d)(8). A flight simulator and 
flight training device cannot be used more 
than 3 hours to meet the training require-
ments, and use of the flight training device 
is limited to 2 hours of the 3 hours per-
mitted. The course must include— 

(i) Two flights of 1 hour each; 
(ii) One flight involving a controlled ascent 

to 5,000 feet above the launch site; and 

(iii) Two flights within 2 calendar months 

before the date of the practical test. 

(p) Course for a lighter-than-air additional 

hot air balloon class rating. 

(1) For the private pilot certificate, the 

course requires 8 hours of flight training 
that includes 5 training flights on the areas 
of operations of appendix B to part 141, para-
graph 4.(d)(8). A flight simulator and flight 
training device cannot be used more than 1.6 
hours to meet the training requirements, 
and use of the flight training device is lim-
ited to 1.2 hours of the 1.6 hours permitted. 
The course must include— 

(i) Two flights of 30 minutes each; 
(ii) One flight involving a controlled ascent 

to 2,000 feet above the launch site; and 

(iii) Two flights within 2 calendar months 

before the date of the practical test. 

(2) For the commercial pilot certificate, 

the course requires 10 hours of flight train-
ing that includes eight training flight on the 
areas of operation of appendix D to part 141, 
paragraph 4.(d)(8). A flight simulator and 
flight training device cannot be used more 
than 3 hours to meet the training require-
ments, and use of the flight training device 
is limited to 2 hours of the 3 hours per-
mitted. The course must include— 

(i) Two flights of 30 minutes each. 
(ii) One flight involving a controlled ascent 

to 3,000 feet above the launch site; and 

(iii) Two flights within 2 calendar months 

before the date of the practical test. 

5. 

Stage checks and end-of-course tests. 

(a) 

Each student enrolled in an additional air-
craft category rating course or an additional 
aircraft class rating course must satisfac-
torily accomplish the stage checks and end- 
of-course tests, in accordance with the 
school’s approved training course, consisting 
of the approved areas of operation in section 
No. 4 of this appendix that are appropriate to 
the aircraft category and class rating for 
which the course applies at the appropriate 
pilot certificate level. 

(b) Each student must demonstrate satis-

factory proficiency prior to receiving an en-

dorsement to operate an aircraft in solo 
flight. 

[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997; 
Amdt. 141–9, 62 FR 40909, July 30, 1997; Amdt. 
141–12, 74 FR 42566, Aug. 21, 2009; Doc. No. 
FAA–2016–6142, Amdt. 141–20, 83 FR 30284, 
June 27, 2018] 

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1. 

Applicability. 

This appendix prescribes 

the minimum curriculum for an aircraft type 
rating course other than an airline transport 
pilot certificate, for: 

(a) A type rating in an airplane category— 

single-engine class. 

(b) A type rating in an airplane category— 

multiengine class. 

(c) A type rating in a rotorcraft category— 

helicopter class. 

(d) A type rating in a powered-lift cat-

egory. 

(e) Other aircraft type ratings specified by 

the Administrator through the aircraft type 
certificate procedures. 

2. 

Eligibility for enrollment. 

Prior to enroll-

ing in the flight portion of an aircraft type 
rating course, a person must hold at least a 
private pilot certificate and: 

(a) An instrument rating in the category 

and class of aircraft that is appropriate to 
the aircraft type rating for which the course 
applies, provided the aircraft’s type certifi-
cate does not have a VFR limitation; or 

(b) Be concurrently enrolled in an instru-

ment rating course in the category and class 
of aircraft that is appropriate to the aircraft 
type rating for which the course applies, and 
pass the required instrument rating prac-
tical test concurrently with the aircraft type 
rating practical test. 

3. 

Aeronautical knowledge training. 

(a) Each 

approved course must include at least 10 
hours of ground training on the aeronautical 
knowledge areas listed in paragraph (b) of 
this section, appropriate to the aircraft type 
rating for which the course applies. 

(b) Ground training must include the fol-

lowing aeronautical areas: 

(1) Proper control of airspeed, configura-

tion, direction, altitude, and attitude in ac-
cordance with procedures and limitations 
contained in the aircraft’s flight manual, 
checklists, or other approved material ap-
propriate to the aircraft type; 

(2) Compliance with approved en route, in-

strument approach, missed approach, ATC, 
or other applicable procedures that apply to 
the aircraft type; 

(3) Subjects requiring a practical knowl-

edge of the aircraft type and its powerplant, 
systems, components, operational, and per-
formance factors; 

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