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§ 61.56
(4) Designated as a safety pilot for
purposes required by § 91.109 of this
chapter.
(g) The holder of a commercial or air-
line transport pilot certificate with the
appropriate category and class rating
is not required to meet the require-
ments of paragraph (b)(2) of this sec-
tion, provided the pilot:
(1) Is conducting a ferry flight, air-
craft flight test, or evaluation flight of
an aircraft’s equipment; and
(2) Is not carrying any person or
property on board the aircraft, other
than necessary for conduct of the
flight.
(h) For the purpose of meeting the re-
quirements of paragraph (b) of this sec-
tion, a person may serve as second in
command in that specific type aircraft,
provided:
(1) The flight is conducted under day
VFR or day IFR; and
(2) No person or property is carried
on board the aircraft, other than nec-
essary for conduct of the flight.
(i) The training under paragraphs (b)
and (d) of this section and the training,
proficiency check, and competency
check under paragraph (e) of this sec-
tion may be accomplished in a flight
simulator that is used in accordance
with an approved training course con-
ducted by a training center certificated
under part 142 of this chapter or under
subpart K of part 91, part 121 or part 135
of this chapter.
(j) When an applicant for an initial
second-in-command qualification for a
particular type of aircraft receives all
the training in a flight simulator, that
applicant must satisfactorily complete
one takeoff and one landing in an air-
craft of the same type for which the
qualification is sought. This require-
ment does not apply to an applicant
who completes a proficiency check
under part 121 or competency check
under subpart K, part 91, part 125, or
part 135 for the particular type of air-
craft.
[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997;
Amdt. 61–103, 62 FR 40898, July 30, 1997;
Amdt. 61–109, 68 FR 54559, Sept. 17, 2003;
Amdt. 61–113, 70 FR 45271, Aug. 4, 2005; Amdt.
61–109, 70 FR 61890, Oct. 27, 2005; Amdt. 61–124,
74 FR 42550, Aug. 21, 2009; Amdt. 61–128, 76 FR
54105, Aug. 31, 2011; Amdt. 61–130, 78 FR 42374,
July 15, 2013]
§ 61.56
Flight review.
(a) Except as provided in paragraphs
(b) and (f) of this section, a flight re-
view consists of a minimum of 1 hour
of flight training and 1 hour of ground
training. The review must include:
(1) A review of the current general
operating and flight rules of part 91 of
this chapter; and
(2) A review of those maneuvers and
procedures that, at the discretion of
the person giving the review, are nec-
essary for the pilot to demonstrate the
safe exercise of the privileges of the
pilot certificate.
(b) Glider pilots may substitute a
minimum of three instructional flights
in a glider, each of which includes a
flight to traffic pattern altitude, in
lieu of the 1 hour of flight training re-
quired in paragraph (a) of this section.
(c) Except as provided in paragraphs
(d), (e), and (g) of this section, no per-
son may act as pilot in command of an
aircraft unless, since the beginning of
the 24th calendar month before the
month in which that pilot acts as pilot
in command, that person has—
(1) Accomplished a flight review
given in an aircraft for which that
pilot is rated by an authorized instruc-
tor and
(2) A logbook endorsed from an au-
thorized instructor who gave the re-
view certifying that the person has sat-
isfactorily completed the review.
(d) A person who has, within the pe-
riod specified in paragraph (c) of this
section, passed any of the following
need not accomplish the flight review
required by this section:
(1) A pilot proficiency check or prac-
tical test conducted by an examiner, an
approved pilot check airman, or a U.S.
Armed Force, for a pilot certificate,
rating, or operating privilege.
(2) A practical test conducted by an
examiner for the issuance of a flight in-
structor certificate, an additional rat-
ing on a flight instructor certificate,
renewal of a flight instructor certifi-
cate, or reinstatement of a flight in-
structor certificate.
(e) A person who has, within the pe-
riod specified in paragraph (c) of this
section, satisfactorily accomplished
one or more phases of an FAA-spon-
sored pilot proficiency award program
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