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