[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR61.56]

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TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
(Continued)

PART 61--CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, AND GROUND INSTRUCTORS--Table of Contents

Subpart A--General

Sec. 61.56 Flight review.

(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (f) of this section, a
flight review consists of a minimum of 1 hour of flight training and 1
hour of ground training. The review must include:
(1) A review of the current general operating and flight rules of
part 91 of this chapter; and
(2) A review of those maneuvers and procedures that, at the
discretion of the person giving the review, are necessary for the pilot
to demonstrate the safe exercise of the privileges of the pilot
certificate.
(b) Glider pilots may substitute a minimum of three instructional
flights in a glider, each of which includes a flight to traffic pattern
altitude, in lieu of the 1 hour of flight training required in paragraph
(a) of this section.
(c) Except as provided in paragraphs (d), (e), and (g) of this
section, no person may act as pilot in command of an aircraft unless,
since the beginning of the 24th calendar month before the month in which
that pilot acts as pilot in command, that person has--
(1) Accomplished a flight review given in an aircraft for which that
pilot is rated by an authorized instructor and
(2) A logbook endorsed from an authorized instructor who gave the
review certifying that the person has satisfactorily completed the
review.
(d) A person who has, within the period specified in paragraph (c)
of this section, passed a pilot proficiency check conducted by an
examiner, an approved pilot check airman, or a U.S. Armed Force, for a
pilot certificate, rating, or operating privilege need not accomplish
the flight review required by this section.
(e) A person who has, within the period specified in paragraph (c)
of this section, satisfactorily accomplished one or more phases of an
FAA-sponsored pilot proficiency award program need not accomplish the
flight review required by this section.
(f) A person who holds a current flight instructor certificate who
has, within the period specified in paragraph (c) of this section,
satisfactorily completed a renewal of a flight instructor certificate
under the provisions in Sec. 61.197 need not accomplish the 1 hour of
ground training specified in paragraph (a) of this section.
(g) A student pilot need not accomplish the flight review required
by this section provided the student pilot is undergoing training for a
certificate and has a current solo flight endorsement as required under
Sec. 61.87 of this part.
(h) The requirements of this section may be accomplished in
combination

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with the requirements of Sec. 61.57 and other applicable recent
experience requirements at the discretion of the authorized instructor
conducting the flight review.
(i) A flight simulator or flight training device may be used to meet
the flight review requirements of this section subject to the following
conditions:
(1) The flight simulator or flight training device must be used in
accordance with an approved course conducted by a training center
certificated under part 142 of this chapter.
(2) Unless the flight review is undertaken in a flight simulator
that is approved for landings, the applicant must meet the takeoff and
landing requirements of Sec. 61.57(a) or Sec. 61.57(b) of this part.
(3) The flight simulator or flight training device used must
represent an aircraft or set of aircraft for which the pilot is rated.

[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997; Amdt. 61-103, 62 FR 40898,
July 30, 1997; Amdt. 61-104, 63 FR 20287, Apr. 23, 1998]