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§ 61.51
(4) A person can use time in a flight
simulator, flight training device, or
aviation training device for acquiring
instrument aeronautical experience for
a pilot certificate, rating, or instru-
ment recency experience, provided an
authorized instructor is present to ob-
serve that time and signs the person’s
logbook or training record to verify the
time and the content of the training
session.
(h)
Logging training time. (1) A person
may log training time when that per-
son receives training from an author-
ized instructor in an aircraft, flight
simulator, or flight training device.
(2) The training time must be logged
in a logbook and must:
(i) Be endorsed in a legible manner by
the authorized instructor; and
(ii) Include a description of the train-
ing given, the length of the training
lesson, and the authorized instructor’s
signature, certificate number, and cer-
tificate expiration date.
(i)
Presentation of required documents.
(1) Persons must present their pilot
certificate, medical certificate, log-
book, or any other record required by
this part for inspection upon a reason-
able request by—
(i) The Administrator;
(ii) An authorized representative
from the National Transportation Safe-
ty Board; or
(iii) Any Federal, State, or local law
enforcement officer.
(2) A student pilot must carry the
following items in the aircraft on all
solo cross-country flights as evidence
of the required authorized instructor
clearances and endorsements—
(i) Pilot logbook;
(ii) Student pilot certificate; and
(iii) Any other record required by
this section.
(3) A sport pilot must carry his or her
logbook or other evidence of required
authorized instructor endorsements on
all flights.
(4) A recreational pilot must carry
his or her logbook with the required
authorized instructor endorsements on
all solo flights—
(i) That exceed 50 nautical miles
from the airport at which training was
received;
(ii) Within airspace that requires
communication with air traffic con-
trol;
(iii) Conducted between sunset and
sunrise; or
(iv) In an aircraft for which the pilot
does not hold an appropriate category
or class rating.
(5) A flight instructor with a sport
pilot rating must carry his or her log-
book or other evidence of required au-
thorized instructor endorsements on
all flights when providing flight train-
ing.
(j)
Aircraft requirements for logging
flight time. For a person to log flight
time, the time must be acquired in an
aircraft that is identified as an aircraft
under § 61.5(b), and is—
(1) An aircraft of U.S. registry with
either a standard or special airworthi-
ness certificate;
(2) An aircraft of foreign registry
with an airworthiness certificate that
is approved by the aviation authority
of a foreign country that is a Member
State to the Convention on Inter-
national Civil Aviation Organization;
(3) A military aircraft under the di-
rect operational control of the U.S.
Armed Forces; or
(4) A public aircraft under the direct
operational control of a Federal, State,
county, or municipal law enforcement
agency, if the flight time was acquired
by the pilot while engaged on an offi-
cial law enforcement flight for a Fed-
eral, State, County, or Municipal law
enforcement agency.
(k)
Logging night vision goggle time. (1)
A person may log night vision goggle
time only for the time the person uses
night vision goggles as the primary vis-
ual reference of the surface and oper-
ates:
(i) An aircraft during a night vision
goggle operation; or
(ii) A flight simulator or flight train-
ing device with the lighting system ad-
justed to represent the period begin-
ning 1 hour after sunset and ending 1
hour before sunrise.
(2) An authorized instructor may log
night vision goggle time when that per-
son conducts training using night vi-
sion goggles as the primary visual ref-
erence of the surface and operates:
(i) An aircraft during a night goggle
operation; or
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