Airplanes Operating Limitations Wind Shear 
Flying Magazine
JULY 8, 2025
Sure, if all the pieces line up, such as an available instructor, a healthy airplane, the weather, your health, your aptitude, finding a place to take the knowledge test, your finances, and an available DPE when you are ready for your check ride. Could it happen? According to cFAR 61.87, it is.
Plane and Pilot
JULY 2, 2024
However, the aircraft has limitations of its own, ones established both by its design and practical performance. And the operating environment presents its own limitations on our activity, quite aside from the skills of the pilot and innate performance of the airplane. Stay honest in your relationship with the airplane.
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