A Third-Class Medical Certificate is issued to a 36-year-old pilot on 
August 10, this year. To exercise the privileges of a Private Pilot 
Certificate, the medical certificate will be valid until midnight on 





   ANSWER: August 31, 3 years later. 

   A pilot may exercise the privileges of 
   a private pilot certificate under a third-class medical 
   certificate until it expires at the end of the last day of the 
   month 3 years after it was issued, for pilots less than 40 
   years old on the date of the medical examination. A 
   third-class medical certificate issued to a 36-year-old pilot on 
   Aug. 10 will be valid until midnight on Aug. 31, 3 years later. 

A Third-Class Medical Certificate is issued to a 51-year-old pilot on 
May 3, this year. To exercise the privileges of a Private Pilot 
Certificate, the medical certificate will be valid until midnight on 





   ANSWER: May 31, 2 years later. 

   A pilot may exercise the privileges of 
   a private pilot certificate under a third-class medical 
   certificate until it expires at the end of the last day of the 
   month 2 years after it was issued, for pilots 40 years old or 
   older on the date of the medical examination. A third-class 
   medical certificate issued to a 51-year-old pilot on May 3 will 
   be valid until midnight on May 31, 2 years later. 

For private pilot operations, a Second-Class Medical Certificate 
issued to a 42-year-old pilot on July 15, this year, will expire at 
midnight on 





   ANSWER: July 31, 2 years later. 

   For private pilot operations, a 
   second-class medical certificate will expire at the end of the 
   last day of the month, 2 years after it was issued, for pilots 
   40 years old or older on the date of the medical examination. 
   For private pilot operations, a second-class medical 
   certificate issued to a 42-year-old pilot on July 15 will be 
   valid until midnight on July 31, 2 years later. 

For private pilot operations, a First-Class Medical Certificate issued 
to a 23-year-old pilot on October 21, this year, will expire at 
midnight on 





   ANSWER: October 31, 3 years later. 

   For private pilot operations, a 
   first-class medical certificate will expire at the end of the last 
   day of the month, 3 years after it was issued, for pilots less 
   than 40 years old on the date of the medical examination. For 
   private pilot operations, a first-class medical certificate 
   issued to a 23-year-old pilot on Oct. 21 will be valid until 
   midnight on Oct. 31, 3 years later. 

A Third-Class Medical Certificate was issued to a 19-year-old pilot 
on August 10, this year. To exercise the privileges of a recreational 
or private pilot certificate, the medical certificate will expire at 
midnight on 





   ANSWER: August 31, 3 years later. 

   A pilot may exercise the privileges of 
   a recreational or private pilot certificate under a third-class 
   medical certificate until it expires at the end of the last day of 
   the month 3 years after it was issued, for pilots less than 40 
   years old at the time of the medical examination. A 
   third-class medical certificate issued to a 19-year-old pilot on 
   Aug. 10 will expire at midnight on Aug. 31, 3 years later. 

Before a person holding a private pilot certificate may act as pilot in 
command of a high-performance airplane, that person must have 





   ANSWER: received ground and flight instruction from an authorized 
   flight instructor who then endorses that person's logbook. 

   A private pilot may not act as pilot in 
   command of a high-performance airplane (an airplane with an 
   engine of more than 200 horsepower) unless (s)he has 
   received and logged ground and flight training from an 
   authorized instructor who has certified in his/her logbook 
   that (s)he is proficient to operate a high-performance 
   airplane. 

What is the definition of a high-performance airplane? 





   ANSWER: An airplane with an engine of more than 200 horsepower. 

   A high-performance airplane is 
   defined as an airplane with an engine of more than 200 
   horsepower. 

The pilot in command is required to hold a type rating in which 
aircraft? 





   ANSWER: Aircraft having a gross weight of more than 12,500 
   pounds. 

   A person may not act as pilot in 
   command of any of the following aircraft unless he holds a 
   type rating for that aircraft:

   (1) A large aircraft (except lighter-than-air), i.e., over 12,500 
   lb. gross weight

   (2) A turbojet-powered airplane

   (3) Other aircraft specified by the FAA through aircraft type 
   certificate procedures 

In order to act as pilot in command of a high-performance airplane, 
a pilot must have 





   ANSWER: received and logged ground and flight instruction in an 
   airplane that has more than 200 horsepower. 

   Prior to acting as pilot in command of 
   an airplane with an engine of more than 200 horsepower, a 
   person is required to receive and log ground and flight 
   training in such an airplane from an authorized flight 
   instructor who has certified in the pilot's logbook that the 
   individual is proficient to operate a high-performance 
   airplane. 

To act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying passengers, a 
pilot must show by logbook endorsement the satisfactory 
completion of a flight review or completion of a pilot proficiency 
check within the preceding 





   ANSWER: 24 calendar months. 

   To act as pilot in command of an 
   aircraft (whether carrying passengers or not), a pilot must 
   show by logbook endorsement the satisfactory completion 
   of a flight review or completion of a pilot proficiency check 
   within the preceding 24 calendar months. 

If a recreational or private pilot had a flight review on August 8, 
this year, when is the next flight review required? 





   ANSWER: August 31, 2 years later. 

   A pilot is required to have a flight 
   review within the preceding 24 calendar months before the 
   month in which the pilot acts as pilot in command. Thus, a 
   pilot who had a flight review on Aug. 8 of this year, must 
   have a flight review completed by Aug. 31, 2 years later. 

Each recreational or private pilot is required to have 





   ANSWER: a biennial flight review. 

   Each recreational or private pilot is 
   required to have a biennial (every 2 years) flight review. 

If a recreational or private pilot had a flight review on August 8, 
this year, when is the next flight review required? 





   ANSWER: August 31, 2 years later. 

   A pilot is required to have a flight 
   review within the preceding 24 calendar months before the 
   month in which the pilot acts as pilot in command. Thus, a 
   recreational or private pilot who had a flight review on Aug. 
   8 of this year, must have a flight review completed by Aug. 
   31, 2 years later. 

To act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying passengers, the 
pilot must have made at least three takeoffs and three landings in 
an aircraft of the same category, class, and if a type rating is 
required, of the same type, within the preceding 





   ANSWER: 90 days. 

   To act as pilot in command of an 
   airplane with passengers aboard, you must have made at 
   least three takeoffs and three landings (to a full stop if in a 
   tailwheel airplane) in an airplane of the same category, class, 
   and, if a type rating is required, of the same type within the 
   preceding 90 days. Category refers to airplane, rotorcraft, 
   etc.; class refers to single or multiengine, land or sea. 

If recency of experience requirements for night flight are not met 
and official sunset is 1830, the latest time passengers may be 
carried is 





   ANSWER: 1929. 

   For the purpose of night recency 
   experience flight time, night is defined as the period 
   beginning 1 hr. after sunset and ending 1 hr. before sunrise. 
   If you have not met the night experience requirements, and 
   official sunset is 1830, a landing must be accomplished at or 
   before 1929 if passengers are carried. 

To act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying passengers, the 
pilot must have made three takeoffs and three landings within the 
preceding 90 days in an aircraft of the same 





   ANSWER: category, class, and type, if a type rating is required. 

   No one may act as pilot in command 
   of an airplane carrying passengers unless within the 
   preceding 90 days (s)he has made three takeoffs and three 
   landings as sole manipulator of the controls in an aircraft of 
   the same category and class and, if a type rating is required, 
   the same type. If the aircraft is a tailwheel airplane, the 
   landings must have been to a full stop. 

The three takeoffs and landings that are required to act as pilot in 
command at night must be done during the time period from 





   ANSWER: 1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise. 

   No one may act as pilot in command 
   of an aircraft carrying passengers at night (i.e., the period 
   from 1 hr. after sunset to 1 hr. before sunrise as published in 
   the American Air Almanac) unless (s)he has made three 
   takeoffs and three landings to a full stop within the 
   preceding 90 days, at night, in the category and class of 
   aircraft to be used. 

To meet the recency of experience requirements to act as pilot in 
command carrying passengers at night, a pilot must have made at 
least three takeoffs and three landings to a full stop within the 
preceding 90 days in 





   ANSWER: the same category and class of aircraft to be used. 

   No one may act as pilot in command 
   of an aircraft carrying passengers at night (i.e., the period 
   from 1 hr. after sunset to 1 hr. before sunrise) unless (s)he 
   has made three takeoffs and three landings to a full stop 
   within the preceding 90 days, at night, in the category and 
   class of aircraft to be used. 

The takeoffs and landings required to meet the recency of 
experience requirements for carrying passengers in a tailwheel 
airplane 





   ANSWER: must be to a full stop. 

   To comply with recency requirements 
   for carrying passengers in a tailwheel airplane, one must 
   have made three takeoffs and landings to a full stop within 
   the past 90 days. 

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