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§ 61.57
need not accomplish the flight review
required by this section.
(f) A person who holds a flight in-
structor certificate and who has, with-
in the period specified in paragraph (c)
of this section, satisfactorily com-
pleted a renewal of a flight instructor
certificate under the provisions in
§ 61.197 need not accomplish the one
hour of ground training specified in
paragraph (a) of this section.
(g) A student pilot need not accom-
plish the flight review required by this
section provided the student pilot is
undergoing training for a certificate
and has a current solo flight endorse-
ment as required under § 61.87 of this
part.
(h) The requirements of this section
may be accomplished in combination
with the requirements of § 61.57 and
other applicable recent experience re-
quirements at the discretion of the au-
thorized instructor conducting the
flight review.
(i) A flight simulator or flight train-
ing device may be used to meet the
flight review requirements of this sec-
tion subject to the following condi-
tions:
(1) The flight simulator or flight
training device must be used in accord-
ance with an approved course con-
ducted by a training center certificated
under part 142 of this chapter.
(2) Unless the flight review is under-
taken in a flight simulator that is ap-
proved for landings, the applicant must
meet the takeoff and landing require-
ments of § 61.57(a) or § 61.57(b) of this
part.
(3) The flight simulator or flight
training device used must represent an
aircraft or set of aircraft for which the
pilot is rated.
[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997;
Amdt. 61–103, 62 FR 40898, July 30, 1997;
Amdt. 61–104, 63 FR 20287, Apr. 23, 1998; Amdt.
61–124, 74 FR 42550, Aug. 21, 2009; Amdt. 61–
131, 78 FR 56828, Sept. 16, 2013]
§ 61.57
Recent flight experience: Pilot
in command.
(a)
General experience. (1) Except as
provided in paragraph (e) of this sec-
tion, no person may act as a pilot in
command of an aircraft carrying pas-
sengers or of an aircraft certificated
for more than one pilot flight crew-
member unless that person has made at
least three takeoffs and three landings
within the preceding 90 days, and—
(i) The person acted as the sole ma-
nipulator of the flight controls; and
(ii) The required takeoffs and land-
ings were performed in an aircraft of
the same category, class, and type (if a
type rating is required), and, if the air-
craft to be flown is an airplane with a
tailwheel, the takeoffs and landings
must have been made to a full stop in
an airplane with a tailwheel.
(2) For the purpose of meeting the re-
quirements of paragraph (a)(1) of this
section, a person may act as a pilot in
command of an aircraft under day VFR
or day IFR, provided no persons or
property are carried on board the air-
craft, other than those necessary for
the conduct of the flight.
(3) The takeoffs and landings re-
quired by paragraph (a)(1) of this sec-
tion may be accomplished in a flight
simulator or flight training device that
is—
(i) Approved by the Administrator for
landings; and
(ii) Used in accordance with an ap-
proved course conducted by a training
center certificated under part 142 of
this chapter.
(b)
Night takeoff and landing experi-
ence. (1) Except as provided in para-
graph (e) of this section, no person may
act as pilot in command of an aircraft
carrying passengers during the period
beginning 1 hour after sunset and end-
ing 1 hour before sunrise, unless within
the preceding 90 days that person has
made at least three takeoffs and three
landings to a full stop during the pe-
riod beginning 1 hour after sunset and
ending 1 hour before sunrise, and—
(i) That person acted as sole manipu-
lator of the flight controls; and
(ii) The required takeoffs and land-
ings were performed in an aircraft of
the same category, class, and type (if a
type rating is required).
(2) The takeoffs and landings re-
quired by paragraph (b)(1) of this sec-
tion may be accomplished in a flight
simulator that is—
(i) Approved by the Administrator for
takeoffs and landings, if the visual sys-
tem is adjusted to represent the period
described in paragraph (b)(1) of this
section; and
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