Flight Training

There are nine basic types of pilots: student, sport,All student flying must take place near a "home"
recreational, private, instrument rated, commercial,airport. If your instructor approves, you can make a trip
certified flight instructor, airline transport, and designatedto another airport and back, but a student pilot may
pilot examiner. You can progress through thesenever carry passengers.To advance your rating to
different levels of skill by attaining higher ratings.Thisthat of a sport, recreational, or private pilot, you must
rating system designates what type of planes you canbe 17 years old. Recreational pilots fly solely for fun
fly, if you can carry passengers, and what type ofand must remain within 58 miles of their home airport
weather you?re allowed to fly in. There is even aunless they have explicit instructor
rating you must achieve before you can be hired as aapproval.Recreational and sport pilots can only carry
pilot. Also, every pilot must have a current certificate ofone passenger and are not allowed to fly through
good health from a physician approved by the FAAairspace where communication with an air traffic
before they can fly.Flight training begins with thecontroller is required, though recreational pilots can gain
student pilot certification. To gain this and subsequentapproval for airspace. From this point, many pilots
certifications (also called your pilot?s license), you mustproceed to the less restricted rating of private pilot. For
pass a written test, an oral test, ground school, and amore information on the more advanced levels of flight
flight test. Student pilots begin by taking flights with atraining, contact a flight school and talk with a flight
certified flying instructor. After you achieve a masteryinstructor.
of a set of basic skills, you will be permitted to fly solo.