CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 61.515 Requirements for grant of private pilot licences--general

CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 61.515

  (1)   An applicant for a private pilot licence must be at least 17.

  (2)   The applicant must also have:

  (a)   passed the aeronautical knowledge examination for the private pilot licence and the associated aircraft category rating; and

  (b)   completed flight training for the private pilot licence and the associated aircraft category rating; and

  (c)   passed the flight test mentioned in the Part   61 Manual of Standards for the private pilot licence and the associated aircraft category rating; and

  (d)   met the aeronautical experience requirements mentioned in Division   61.H.2 or   61.H.3.

Note   1:   For   paragraph   (a), for the conduct of aeronautical knowledge examinations, see Division   61.B.3.

Note   2:   For   paragraph   (b), for the requirements for flight training, see Division   61.B.2.

Note   3:   For   paragraph   (c), for the conduct of flight tests, see Division   61.B.4.

Note   4:   For   paragraph   (d), for the determination of a person's flight time and other aeronautical experience, see Division   61.A.2.

  (3)   Despite paragraph   61.245(1)(a), the flight test must be conducted in an aircraft.

  (4)   An applicant who meets the requirements for the grant of a commercial pilot licence is taken to meet the requirements for the grant of a private pilot licence.