Training for Recreational Aviation
Recreational pilot and private pilot license are two types of certificates available for the beginning pilot. The recreational pilot is generally restricted to a fifty mile radius of his home airport. He also may not fly at night, nor may he fly in air space requiring communication with air traffic control. Clearly that recreational pilot training is less restrictive than other pilot training. The advantages of the recreational license are a shorter training time, thirty hours compared to forty for the private pilot, and this translates into a major cost savings. The major reason for the reduced training time is that instrument flying, and air traffic control communication training is left out.
There are some other limitations that need to be considered when selecting the recreational license. You may only fly during the day, and then in only good weather. You also may not fly over 10,000 feet, however, the FAA is usually understanding if you happen to have a 11,000 foot mountain in your path. You also are limited to single engine planes with less than 180 horsepower engines, and only up to four seats. Two of those seats are going to stay empty, as you are not allowed to have more than one passenger.
Although this seems to be fairly restrictive, it is not such a bad deal as far as training is concerned, and puts flying within the reach of just about anyone with a serious interest in learning to do it. Most areas are going to have a training school nearby. The training schools are going to also have aircraft of the required size available for training purposes or for rental after the certificate is earned. The schools will provide all the pilot supplies, and aircraft supplies that are needed as well.
Whether you’re in the training for recreational purpose or even commercial flights. Part of training course is to learn and master various pilot devices. You may know everything about a Garmin 396 GPS, but now you’ll have to learn how to use Garmin 496 GPS with many enhanced features. When it comes to the aviation headsets, you may have heard about David Clark headset or, Avcomm headset
Once the recreational pilot has completed his training, he will be able to take short flights from time to time. Flying like any other skill requires practice, and until the pilot has logged at least 400 hours of solo flying, he is required to make three take offs and three landings every ninety days in order to be allowed to take passengers.