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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT
§ 61.57
training device. A person who elects to
complete the instrument experience
with a combination of a flight simu-
lator, flight training device, and avia-
tion training device must have per-
formed the following within the 6 cal-
endar months preceding the month of
the flight—
(i) Instrument recency experience in
a flight simulator or flight training de-
vice that represents the category of
aircraft for the instrument rating
privileges to be maintained and in-
volves having performed the following
tasks:
(A) Six instrument approaches.
(B) Holding procedures and tasks.
(C) Interception and tracking courses
through the use of navigational elec-
tronic systems.
(ii) Three hours of instrument experi-
ence in an aviation training device
that represents the category of aircraft
for the instrument rating privileges to
be maintained and involves performing
at least the following tasks—
(A) Six instrument approaches.
(B) Holding procedures and tasks.
(C) Interception and tracking courses
through the use of navigational elec-
tronic systems.
(D) Two unusual attitude recoveries
while in a descending, V
ne
airspeed con-
dition and two unusual attitude recov-
eries while in an ascending, stall speed
condition.
(6) Maintaining instrument recent
experience in a glider.
(i) Within the 6 calendar months pre-
ceding the month of the flight, that
person must have performed and logged
at least the following instrument cur-
rency tasks, iterations, and flight
time, and the instrument currency
must have been performed in actual
weather conditions or under simulated
weather conditions—
(A) One hour of instrument flight
time in a glider or in a single engine
airplane using a view-limiting device
while performing interception and
tracking courses through the use of
navigation electronic systems.
(B) Two hours of instrument flight
time in a glider or a single engine air-
plane with the use of a view-limiting
device while performing straight
glides, turns to specific headings, steep
turns, flight at various airspeeds, navi-
gation, and slow flight and stalls.
(ii) Before a pilot is allowed to carry
a passenger in a glider under IFR or in
weather conditions less than the mini-
mums prescribed for VFR, that pilot
must—
(A) Have logged and performed 2
hours of instrument flight time in a
glider within the 6 calendar months
preceding the month of the flight.
(B) Use a view-limiting-device while
practicing performance maneuvers,
performance airspeeds, navigation,
slow flight, and stalls.
(d)
Instrument proficiency check. Ex-
cept as provided in paragraph (e) of
this section, a person who has failed to
meet the instrument experience re-
quirements of paragraph (c) for more
than six calendar months may reestab-
lish instrument currency only by com-
pleting an instrument proficiency
check. The instrument proficiency
check must consist of the areas of op-
eration and instrument tasks required
in the instrument rating practical test
standards.
(1) The instrument proficiency check
must be—
(i) In an aircraft that is appropriate
to the aircraft category;
(ii) For other than a glider, in a
flight simulator or flight training de-
vice that is representative of the air-
craft category; or
(iii) For a glider, in a single-engine
airplane or a glider.
(2) The instrument proficiency check
must be given by—
(i) An examiner;
(ii) A person authorized by the U.S.
Armed Forces to conduct instrument
flight tests, provided the person being
tested is a member of the U.S. Armed
Forces;
(iii) A company check pilot who is
authorized to conduct instrument
flight tests under part 121, 125, or 135 of
this chapter or subpart K of part 91 of
this chapter, and provided that both
the check pilot and the pilot being
tested are employees of that operator
or fractional ownership program man-
ager, as applicable;
(iv) An authorized instructor; or
(v) A person approved by the Admin-
istrator to conduct instrument prac-
tical tests.
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