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Many people don’t quite understand the requirements needed to become a private pilot. There are a lot of subject areas both on the ground and in the airplane you will need to cover to meet the requirements for your pilot training. Most people just look at the general requirements for private pilot training and don’t understand the other requirements.

There are many requirements needed in order to complete each phase of your Private Pilot Training. You will have three phase of your training: Pre solo, Post solo and flight test preparation.

In most cases you will find something like this outline of the general requirements. Remember this is just the general requirements for you to be eligible to take the private pilot practical test.

40 Hours Total

20 Hours Dual Instruction

10 Hours Solo

Now in other places you may see some added information

3 Hours Instrument

3 Hours Night

5 Hours Solo Cross Country

Now you want to remember this is just the general requirement. This does not include all of the student pilot requirements and the ground instruction requirements. The other requirements needed to complete your Pilot Training are listed below.

Student Pilot Requirements: When you are ready to solo an aircraft you are know as a student pilot. There are two different areas that are needed to be covered within the requirements that will apply to you. The pre solo requirements are the first to look at. As a student pilot, there are pre solo requirements needed before you can go up in the plane by yourself. Before Solo, there is also an aeronautical requirement for student pilots.

The next section of requirements that will apply to student pilots are the post solo requirements. These are the requirements that have to be met before you can go on your solo cross countries.

Flight Test requirements: In order to be eligible for the private pilot practical test you must meet the final requirements. The general requirements for the private pilot license will need to be met in addition to the student pilot requirements. There are both aeronautical experience and aeronautical knowledge requirements included within these regulations. This is ground instruction and flight instruction.

Many times the student doesn’t realize what is exactly required, this can add up to more flights if something is missed by the flight instructor. The pilot examiner picking up these missed items on the day of your flight test is the worst case scenario. So you want to understand that there are more requirements than just the general aeronautical experience requirements needed for the flight test.

The reason I always explain this is so the student can get an idea of what is required to do at each stage of your training and then what is required for you to take your flight test. You want to understand all of the things you need to learn before you start spending money on flying lessons.

Detailed Private Pilot Requirements

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