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FAR 61.51(h) requires training time to be signed by the instructor. Not required for solo. You're signing that yourself. How could an instructor sign off your solo time of he wasn't with you?Re: Solo time requirements for PPL, do these logbook entries need to be signed off by a CFI, or just entered by the student pilot?
If there's a clear requirement, I haven't been able to find it. Does anyone here have a clear understanding or know where it is in the regs?
Make sure that if your instructor has put limitations on your solo(s) that your are in compliance with those. Personally, I think instructors should do that whether it's a date range or some other limitation. You're NOT a certificated pilot yet.Thanks, all. That was my rough understanding from what I was able to find, but wanted to make sure that I haven't missed anything that will cause a problem later.
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Literally, the only signatures required in a US logbook are:Thanks, all. That was my rough understanding from what I was able to find, but wanted to make sure that I haven't missed anything that will cause a problem later.
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Absolutely! He's been fairly generous, so there's really no reason for me to exceed the limits.
Yeah, the CFI really should be asked before asking a bunch of SGOTI, but "how to log things" is a common thing to leave out. I doubt it reflects on anything else. It reminds me of threads in which people say they won't get their tailwheel endorsement from the best tailwheel instructor in the state because the CFI thinks one can't log PIC until after the endorsement.First, congrats on reaching this stage in your training. Its a huge milestone. You never forget your first solo.
Second, though, this question makes me wonder about the quality of training you're receiving. By that I mean that when I solo'd I had no questions about how to log it. If your instructor did not cover something basic like that, it does make me wonder what else may have been skipped.
There is an AC, don't recall the number,,, FAA.GOV, follow the linkRe: Solo time requirements for PPL, do these logbook entries need to be signed off by a CFI, or just entered by the student pilot?
If there's a clear requirement, I haven't been able to find it. Does anyone here have a clear understanding or know where it is in the regs?
Actually a student is a certificated pilot, just at the lowest level and with the least privileges.Make sure that if your instructor has put limitations on your solo(s) that your are in compliance with those. Personally, I think instructors should do that whether it's a date range or some other limitation. You're NOT a certificated pilot yet.
Of course, the certificate does not require an instructor's endorsement, but the logbook does.the certificate requires an instructor's endorsement and is only valid for 90 days [61.87 (n)].
Per 61.89
(a) A student pilot may not act as pilot in command of an aircraft:
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(8) In a manner contrary to any limitations placed in the pilot's logbook by an authorized instructor.
Our flight training facility requires us to put some limitations. Some of the CFIs simply write under limitations, "with CFI approval."I don’t put any. It’s pointless. I figure the FARs are enough.
If I give them a 5 knot x-wind limitation and they screw it up, I clearly gave them the wrong limitation.
The FARs allow them to fly with a 30 and greater crosswind.I don’t put any. It’s pointless. I figure the FARs are enough.
If I give them a 5 knot x-wind limitation and they screw it up, I clearly gave them the wrong limitation.