On 2007-04-18 13:07:36 -0700, "Steven P. McNicoll"
said:


"ZikZak" wrote in message
oups.com...

You have a student pilot certificate, don't you? There's no such thing
as a "licensed pilot," but a solo student pilot is properly
certificated to fly an airplane.


Is an airman certificate not formal permission from a governmental
authority to do something?

Of course it is. Some of these guys try to define 'license' so narrowly
that it loses all meaning. They are wrong, the certificate represents a
license to fly, and all the howling in the world will not change the
fact.
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World Famous Flight Instructor