| How long does it take to get your pilot's | | | | |
| license? | | | | Flight rules (VFR) that require a visibility |
| | | | of at least three miles, even at night. |
| It is natural to be afraid of flying at | | | | |
| heights of 10,000 feet above the ground. | | | | Private pilots can share operating expenses |
| After | | | | with passengers but cannot be paid |
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| All, human beings are not born with wings | | | | For flying them. |
| naturally. Like any other form of | | | | |
| | | | To be paid for transporting people across, a |
| Transportation, flying has its own inherent | | | | pilot has to get the |
| risks. However, it is the safest form of | | | | |
| | | | Commercial license. |
| Travel, safer than driving. Apart from | | | | |
| airplanes used in military combat and | | | | A flight instructor license allows the pilot |
| | | | to teach others howto fly and an airline |
| Airliners, travel by all general aviation | | | | transport certificate allows the pilot to fly |
| aircraft is ten times safer than automobile | | | | an airliner. |
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| Travel. | | | | The amount of flight time varies for each |
| | | | pilot license and certificate. Some |
| Flying a plane is not only exciting, but also | | | | |
| a wonderful challenge. Traveling 400 | | | | Require twenty hours, other requires forty |
| | | | hours, and yet others, require a |
| Miles becomes a three to four hour trip by | | | | |
| plane. Planning a weekend away to | | | | Minimum of two hundred and fifty hours. The |
| | | | average amount of time it takes a |
| The beach or to mountains or to any other | | | | |
| location can become a reality when | | | | Pilot to get their private pilot license is |
| | | | about six months, during which time they |
| You fly your own plane. | | | | |
| | | | Acquire all the knowledge and experience, |
| There are two major factors involved in | | | | take tests, and fly a lot with their |
| determining how long it will take you to | | | | |
| | | | Instructor and alone. Of course, there may be |
| Get your pilot's license. | | | | variations to this depending on |
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| They are (1) the kind of license you are | | | | You're own personal circumstances and the |
| getting | | | | weather as well. Flying in the winter or in |
| | | | inclement weather, may take undue amount of |
| (2) Amount of flight time. | | | | time or may even be cancelled. |
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| There are three kinds of licenses in general | | | | Taking classes in good weather and |
| that most pilots receive: | | | | continuously will enable you to get your |
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| (a) Private pilot license, | | | | Private license in a relatively short amount |
| | | | of time. |
| (b) Commercial license, | | | | |
| | | | The aeroplane is the nearest thing to animate |
| And (c) flight instructor license. | | | | life that man has created. In the air a |
| | | | machine ceases indeed to be a mere piece of |
| Apart from these main licenses, there are | | | | mechanism; it becomes animate and is capable |
| numerous other certificates | | | | not only of primary guidance and control, but |
| | | | actually of expressing a pilot's temperament. |
| That a pilot can receive to further enhance | | | | |
| their knowledge, experience, and skill | | | | - Sir Ross Smith, K.B.E., |
| | | | 'National Geographic Magazine,' March 1921. |
| Level. | | | | |
| | | | Be careful and calm and thorough and you will |
| A private pilot's license allows a pilot to | | | | walk out with a prized possession:your own |
| fly a single-engine airplane using visual | | | | private pilot license! |