Pilot Training Resources
Become a Pilot
Pilot Training Resources offers flight training programs for the following certificates and ratings:
Private Pilot
The majority of active pilots hold the Private Pilot Certificate.This will allow you the ability to fly various and different aircraft.
Requirements
- Be at least 16 years of age to become a student pilot and fly solo
- Be at least 17 to test for a private pilot certificate
- Be able to read, speak, and understand the English language
- Obtain at least a current third-class medical certificate
- Receive a minimum of 40 hours of flight time including training and solo flight
- Pass a knowledge test as well as the practical test
Commercial Pilot
If you want to be paid to fly in any capacity, a commercial pilot certificate is required. Training for the certificate takes a pilot back to the basics of airman ship, and away from the rigors of instrument training.
A pilot must obtain ratings for each category and class of airplane she wishes to be paid to operate. For example, if a pilot aspires to fly skydivers in a Cessna 182 and cargo in a King Air C90, she must have commercial certificate with a single engine and a multi engine rating.
Requirements
To obtain a commercial certificate in an airplane under FAR Part 61 rules a pilot must have:
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250 hours of flight time, 100 hours of which must be in powered aircraft, and 50 must be in airplanes.
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100 hours of pilot-in-command time, 50 of which must be in airplanes.
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50 hours of cross-country time, 10 of which must be in an airplane.
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20 hours of training, including 10 of instrument, 10 of complex or TAA, and a smattering of cross-country and practical test preparation.
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10 hours of solo training, including your cross-country and night.
Additional class ratings, such as adding a multi-engine rating to single-engine commercial pilot certificate or adding a single-engine rating to a multi-engine commercial pilot certificate, will take additional training in that class. FAR 61.129 has all the specifics.
- Pass a knowledge test as well as the practical test