Ron Natalie wrote in message om...

There was also an attempt to make it annual for low experience pilots.
This came in with the addition of the Recreational Pilot certificate
as (oddly enough) a bone thrown to the flight instructor lobby over
the lost revenue. They kept rolling forward the effective date until
they finally ditched the concept in the 95 FAR rewrite.

That came about in '88 or '89. As I recall, the rule was that
pilots with less than 300 hrs. were required to have an Annual Flight
Review. I have 2 of those in my logbook. There was much confusion
about the effective dates (FAA would push the date at the last
minute), so I would get a BFR every year just to be on the safe side.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)