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  1. Title 14 —Aeronautics and Space
  2. Chapter I —Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
  3. Subchapter D —Airmen
  4. Part 61 —Certification: Pilots, Flight Instructors, and Ground Instructors
  5. Subpart A   View Full Text
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Title 14Aeronautics and SpacePart / Section
Chapter IFederal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation1 – 199
Subchapter DAirmen60 – 68
Part 61Certification: Pilots, Flight Instructors, and Ground Instructors61.1 – 61.429
Subpart AGeneral61.1 – 61.60
§ 61.1Applicability and definitions.
§ 61.2Exercise of Privilege.
§ 61.3Requirement for certificates, ratings, privileges, and authorizations.
§ 61.4Qualification and approval of flight simulators and flight training devices.
§ 61.5Certificates and ratings issued under this part.
§ 61.7Obsolete certificates and ratings.
§ 61.8Inapplicability of unmanned aircraft operations.
§ 61.9Inapplicability of simplified flight controls aircraft experience credit.
§ 61.11Expired pilot certificates and re-issuance.
§ 61.13Issuance of airman certificates, ratings, and authorizations.
§ 61.14Incorporation by Reference.
§ 61.15Offenses involving alcohol or drugs.
§ 61.16Refusal to submit to an alcohol test or to furnish test results.
§ 61.17Temporary certificate.
§ 61.18 [Reserved]
§ 61.19Duration of pilot and instructor certificates and privileges.
§ 61.21Duration of a Category II and a Category III pilot authorization (for other than part 121 and part 135 use).
§ 61.23Medical certificates: Requirement and duration.
§ 61.25Change of name.
§ 61.27Voluntary surrender or exchange of certificate.
§ 61.29Replacement of a lost or destroyed airman or medical certificate or knowledge test report.
§ 61.31Type rating requirements, additional training, and authorization requirements.
§ 61.33Tests: General procedure.
§ 61.35Knowledge test: Prerequisites and passing grades.
§ 61.37Knowledge tests: Cheating or other unauthorized conduct.
§ 61.39Prerequisites for practical tests.
§ 61.40Relief for U.S. Military and civilian personnel who are assigned outside the United States in support of U.S. Armed Forces operations.
§ 61.41Flight training received from flight instructors not certificated by the FAA.
§ 61.43Practical tests: General procedures.
§ 61.45Practical tests: Required aircraft and equipment.
§ 61.47Status and responsibilities of an examiner who is authorized by the Administrator to conduct practical tests.
§ 61.49Retesting after failure.
§ 61.51Pilot logbooks.
§ 61.52Use of aeronautical experience obtained in ultralight vehicles.
§ 61.53Prohibition on operations during medical deficiency.
§ 61.55Second-in-command qualifications.
§ 61.56Flight review.
§ 61.57Recent flight experience: Pilot in command.
§ 61.58Pilot-in-command proficiency check: Operation of an aircraft that requires more than one pilot flight crewmember or is turbojet-powered.
§ 61.59 [Reserved]
§ 61.60Change of address.
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