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