What personal documents are required to be in your possession when flying solo?
Documents Required to act as PIC (FAR 61.3)
Government issued photo ID.
Pilot Certificate (student pilot certificate if on solo)
Medical Certificate.
If on a solo, must have logbook with all solo endorsements.
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These are the airworthiness certificate, registration certificate, operating manual, and weight & balance. The regulatory authorities use the acronym AROW for this requirement.
Recordkeeping. Students just need to keep their endorsements. And unless you're flying a solo cross-country flight you don't legally have to carry your logbook with your endorsements while flying (FAR 61.51 (i)(2)).
Not long after your first solo, your instructor will authorize you to fly on your own — still alone, of course. But you'll have to take more responsibility for weather decisions, evaluating the wind, and other decision that until this point were made by, or in conjunction with, your flight instructor.
Cross Country flight must include a landing at an airport more than 50 nautical (not statute) miles from the original point of departure. Additional cross country requirements apply – e.g. night XC must be over 100nm total. The long solo XC has to include one leg of over 50 nm, plus be over 150 nm total. Sec.
You need a medical certificate before flying solo in an airplane, helicopter, gyroplane, or airship. We suggest you get your medical certificate before beginning flight training.
Date. Total flight time or lesson time. Location where the aircraft departed and arrived, or for lessons in a flight simulator or flight training device, the location where the lesson occurred. Type and identification of aircraft, flight simulator, flight training device, or aviation training device, as appropriate.
In general, travelers are permitted to bring into the plane one personal item and one carry-on bag with them on most flights. The personal item is often a small bag, such as a handbag or laptop bag, that is able to be stowed away beneath the seat that is directly in front of you.
A pillar of these reforms is the “1,500 Hour Rule” which requires first officers, also known as co-pilots, to have a minimum of 1,500 hours of flight training time. Since this rule was implemented in 2012, our skies have never been safer.