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

Pilot Institute

APRIL 22, 2025

Pilots can have multiple licenses. Each license gives a pilot different privileges. Pilots usually start by getting their Private Pilot license and then work towards a commercial pilot license if they are interested in being a pilot as a career. But its a necessary step to obtain higher pilot certification.

Pilot

Pilot Weight-Shift-Control Lift Airplanes

There’s Something Essential in the Bank

Flying Magazine

MAY 1, 2024

The ability to bank is essential to controlled flight. Otto Lilienthal did it by shifting his weight, but for the much larger Wright Flyer the solution was to make one wing produce more lift than the other by twisting them in opposite directions. But it cannot have been quite so obvious then.

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Aileron Airfoil Weight-Shift-Control Airplanes

Aviator Connection

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

There’s Something Essential in the Bank

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