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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–14 Edition) 

§ 61.64 

§ 61.64

Use of a flight simulator and 

flight training device. 

(a) 

Use of a flight simulator or flight 

training device. If an applicant for a cer-
tificate or rating uses a flight simu-
lator or flight training device for train-
ing or any portion of the practical test, 
the flight simulator and flight training 
device— 

(1) Must represent the category, 

class, and type (if a type rating is ap-
plicable) for the rating sought; and 

(2) Must be qualified and approved by 

the Administrator and used in accord-
ance with an approved course of train-
ing under part 141 or part 142 of this 
chapter; or under part 121 or part 135 of 
this chapter, provided the applicant is 
a pilot employee of that air carrier op-
erator. 

(b) Except as provided in paragraph 

(f) of this section, if an airplane is not 
used during the practical test for a 
type rating for a turbojet airplane (ex-
cept for preflight inspection), an appli-
cant must accomplish the entire prac-
tical test in a Level C or higher flight 
simulator and the applicant must— 

(1) Hold a type rating in a turbojet 

airplane of the same class of airplane 
for which the type rating is sought, and 
that type rating may not contain a su-
pervised operating experience limita-
tion; 

(2) Have 1,000 hours of flight time in 

two different turbojet airplanes of the 
same class of airplane for which the 
type rating is sought; 

(3) Have been appointed by the U.S. 

Armed Forces as pilot in command in a 
turbojet airplane of the same class of 
airplane for which the type rating is 
sought; 

(4) Have 500 hours of flight time in 

the same type of airplane for which the 
type rating is sought; or 

(5) Have logged at least 2,000 hours of 

flight time, of which 500 hours were in 
turbine-powered airplanes of the same 
class of airplane for which the type rat-
ing is sought. 

(c) Except as provided in paragraph 

(f) of this section, if an airplane is not 
used during the practical test for a 
type rating for a turbo-propeller air-
plane (except for preflight inspection), 
an applicant must accomplish the en-
tire practical test in a Level C or high-

er flight simulator and the applicant 
must— 

(1) Hold a type rating in a turbo-pro-

peller airplane of the same class of air-
plane for which the type rating is 
sought, and that type rating may not 
contain a supervised operating experi-
ence limitation; 

(2) Have 1,000 hours of flight time in 

two different turbo-propeller airplanes 
of the same class of airplane for which 
the type rating is sought; 

(3) Have been appointed by the U.S. 

Armed Forces as pilot in command in a 
turbo-propeller airplane of the same 
class of airplane for which the type rat-
ing is sought; 

(4) Have 500 hours of flight time in 

the same type of airplane for which the 
type rating is sought; or 

(5) Have logged at least 2,000 hours of 

flight time, of which 500 hours were in 
turbine-powered airplanes of the same 
class of airplane for which the type rat-
ing is sought. 

(d) Except as provided in paragraph 

(f) of this section, if a helicopter is not 
used during the practical test for a 
type rating in a helicopter (except for 
preflight inspection), an applicant 
must accomplish the entire practical 
test in a Level C or higher flight simu-
lator and the applicant must meet one 
of the following requirements— 

(1) Hold a type rating in a helicopter 

and that type rating may not contain 
the supervised operating experience 
limitation; 

(2) Have been appointed by the U.S. 

Armed Forces as pilot in command of a 
helicopter; 

(3) Have 500 hours of flight time in 

the type of helicopter; or 

(4) Have 1,000 hours of flight time in 

two different types of helicopters. 

(e) Except as provided in paragraph 

(f) of this section, if a powered-lift is 
not used during the practical test for a 
type rating in a powered-lift (except 
for preflight inspection), an applicant 
must accomplish the entire practical 
test in a Level C or higher flight simu-
lator and the applicant must meet one 
of the following requirements— 

(1) Hold a type rating in a powered- 

lift without a supervised operating ex-
perience limitation; 

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