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What Counts as Cross-Country Time? Every 61.1 Definition
Cross-country time has seven definitions in 14 CFR 61.1. Which one applies for logging, private, instrument, commercial, sport and ATP, with examples.
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Logging time, staying current and keeping records that hold up at a checkride.
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How to Log Simulator Time: AATD, BATD and FFS Rules
Which simulator hours count toward a certificate, rating or currency, the AATD and BATD limits in Part 61, and how to write the logbook entry.
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Pilot Currency Requirements: Passenger, Night and IFR
Passenger, night and instrument currency under 14 CFR 61.57, the flight review in 61.56, and how to count 90 days versus calendar months in your logbook.
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Flight Review Requirements: 61.56 Explained
What a flight review must include, how 24 calendar months really count, what substitutes for one, the exact endorsement wording, and how to prepare.
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How to Log Safety Pilot Time (and When It Is PIC)
When a safety pilot logs SIC, when they may log PIC, what the pilot under the hood logs, and how to write the entry so a DPE accepts it.
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Instrument Currency and the IPC: 61.57(c) and (d)
The six approaches, holding and tracking that keep you instrument current, how calendar-month windows work, when an IPC is required and what it must include.