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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 61.3 

(v) When operating an aircraft within 

a foreign country, a pilot license issued 
by that country may be used. 

(2) Has a photo identification that is 

in that person’s physical possession or 
readily accessible in the aircraft when 
exercising the privileges of that pilot 
certificate or authorization. The photo 
identification must be a: 

(i) Driver’s license issued by a State, 

the District of Columbia, or territory 
or possession of the United States; 

(ii) Government identification card 

issued by the Federal government, a 
State, the District of Columbia, or a 
territory or possession of the United 
States; 

(iii) U.S. Armed Forces’ identifica-

tion card; 

(iv) Official passport; 
(v) Credential that authorizes 

unescorted access to a security identi-
fication display area at an airport reg-
ulated under 49 CFR part 1542; or 

(vi) Other form of identification that 

the Administrator finds acceptable. 

(b) 

Required pilot certificate for oper-

ating a foreign-registered aircraft within 
the United States. No person may serve 
as a required pilot flight crewmember 
of a civil aircraft of foreign registry 
within the United States, unless— 

(1) That person’s pilot certificate or 

document issued under § 61.29(e) is in 
that person’s physical possession or 
readily accessible in the aircraft when 
exercising the privileges of that pilot 
certificate; and 

(2) Has been issued in accordance 

with this part, or has been issued or 
validated by the country in which the 
aircraft is registered. 

(c) 

Medical certificate. (1) A person 

may serve as a required pilot flight 
crewmember of an aircraft only if that 
person holds the appropriate medical 
certificate issued under part 67 of this 
chapter, or other documentation ac-
ceptable to the FAA, that is in that 
person’s physical possession or readily 
accessible in the aircraft. Paragraph 
(c)(2) of this section provides certain 
exceptions to the requirement to hold a 
medical certificate. 

(2) A person is not required to meet 

the requirements of paragraph (c)(1) of 
this section if that person— 

(i) Is exercising the privileges of a 

student pilot certificate while seeking 

a pilot certificate with a glider cat-
egory rating, a balloon class rating, or 
glider or balloon privileges; 

(ii) Is exercising the privileges of a 

student pilot certificate while seeking 
a sport pilot certificate with other 
than glider or balloon privileges and 
holds a U.S. driver’s license; 

(iii) Is exercising the privileges of a 

student pilot certificate while seeking 
a pilot certificate with a weight-shift- 
control aircraft category rating or a 
powered parachute category rating and 
holds a U.S. driver’s license; 

(iv) Is exercising the privileges of a 

sport pilot certificate with glider or 
balloon privileges; 

(v) Is exercising the privileges of a 

sport pilot certificate with other than 
glider or balloon privileges and holds a 
U.S. driver’s license. A person who has 
applied for or held a medical certificate 
may exercise the privileges of a sport 
pilot certificate using a U.S. driver’s li-
cense only if that person— 

(A) Has been found eligible for the 

issuance of at least a third-class air-
man medical certificate at the time of 
his or her most recent application; and 

(B) Has not had his or her most re-

cently issued medical certificate sus-
pended or revoked or most recent Au-
thorization for a Special Issuance of a 
Medical Certificate withdrawn. 

(vi) Is holding a pilot certificate with 

a balloon class rating and is piloting or 
providing training in a balloon as ap-
propriate; 

(vii) Is holding a pilot certificate or a 

flight instructor certificate with a 
glider category rating, and is piloting 
or providing training in a glider, as ap-
propriate; 

(viii) Except as provided in paragraph 

(c)(2)(vii) of this section, is exercising 
the privileges of a flight instructor cer-
tificate, provided the person is not act-
ing as pilot in command or as a re-
quired pilot flight crewmember; 

(ix) Is exercising the privileges of a 

ground instructor certificate; 

(x) Is operating an aircraft within a 

foreign country using a pilot license 
issued by that country and possesses 
evidence of current medical qualifica-
tion for that license; or 

(xi) Is operating an aircraft with a 

U.S. pilot certificate, issued on the 
basis of a foreign pilot license, issued 

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