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Old April 6th 05, 09:35 PM
Michael
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Do all turbine airplanes require the 1000+hrs?

First, type ratings are required for turbojets, but not all turbines
(not turboprops) unless they are large.

Second, there is no minimum number of hours required to get a type
rating. In theory.

In practice, it doesn't really work that way. If you can afford to pay
cash for a certified turbojet, you can't afford to operate it without
liability insurance, and in any case virtually any airport where you
could base it would require you to have liability insurance. And guess
what - nobody will insure you in a turboject without 1000+ hours.
Since it hasn't been an issue, the FAA has not seen fit to regulate.
These surplus East-bloc turbojets are an issue, and realistically you
do need 1000 hours to fly one. Could it be done in less? Sure. If
you subjected yourself to an extremely rigorous program for a few
hundred hours, lived, ate, and breathed flying and nothing else, and
was the sort of person who was enough of a natural pilot to make it
through a military training program and not wash out, I bet you could
fly one in half that time, or even less.

The Jet Warbird Training Center
Or what about the "National Test Pilot School"
I wonder how they can do that?


They are connected, and can get waivers for the regulations. You are
not, and can't.

Michael