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Types of Pilot Licenses Explained (Student, Recreational, Private, Commercial, ATP, and more)

Pilot Institute

APRIL 22, 2025

You may pilot aircraft with a Maximum Takeoff Weight (MTOW) of 1320 pounds, carry no more than one passenger, and fly only during the daytime up to 10,000 feet MSL (or 2,000 AGL). Furthermore, you may fly only Light-Sport Aircraft (LSA) and youre not eligible for additional ratings. Hold a commercial or an airline transport pilot certificate.

Pilot

Pilot Weight-Shift-Control Lift Airplanes

How to Make a Perfect Soft Field Landing Every Time

Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2024

Going into a checkride (or a grass strip) without solid soft field skills is asking for trouble. This tendency is due to their high center of gravity and heavy engine over the nose wheel. If you’re not stabilized at 200 feet AGL, go around. Soft field landings are widely misunderstood. Well, not exactly.

NOTAMs

NOTAMs Runway Approach Descent

Aviator Connection

Types of Pilot Licenses Explained (Student, Recreational, Private, Commercial, ATP, and more)

How to Make a Perfect Soft Field Landing Every Time

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