Volume: 2Date: 2023-01-01Original Date: 2023-01-01Title: Section 61.311 - What flight proficiency requirements must I meet to apply for a sport pilot certificate?Context:
Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space. CHAPTER I - FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED). SUBCHAPTER D - AIRMEN. PART 61 - CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, AND GROUND INSTRUCTORS. Subpart J - Sport Pilots.
§ 61.311What flight proficiency requirements must I meet to apply for a sport pilot certificate?To apply for a sport pilot certificate you must receive and log ground and flight training from an authorized instructor on the following areas of operation, as appropriate, for airplane single-engine land or sea, glider, gyroplane, airship, balloon, powered parachute land or sea, and weight-shift-control aircraft land or sea privileges:(a) Preflight preparation.(b) Preflight procedures.(c) Airport, seaplane base, and gliderport operations, as applicable.(d) Takeoffs (or launches), landings, and go-arounds.(e) Performance maneuvers, and for gliders, performance speeds.(f) Ground reference maneuvers (not applicable to gliders and balloons).(g) Soaring techniques (applicable only to gliders).(h) Navigation.(i) Slow flight (not applicable to lighter-than-air aircraft and powered parachutes).(j) Stalls (not applicable to lighter-than-air aircraft, gyroplanes, and powered parachutes).
(k) Emergency operations.
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(l) Post-flight procedures.
[Doc. No. FAA–2001–11133, 69 FR 44869, July 27, 2004, as amended by Amdt. 61–125, 75 FR 5221, Feb. 1, 2010]