(1) Pilot time that commences when an aircraft moves under its own power for
the purpose of flight and ends when the aircraft comes to rest after
landing; or

Thus, neither Hobbs nor tach time are flight time.


Hobbs comes pretty close. Unless you sit and warm up the engine prior to taxi
for six minutes, pretty much all the time the engine is running counts. To be
legal, just let the plane inch forward a bit on startup, it has then moved
under its own power for the purpose of flight.

Somewhere in the FAQ is a comment on this, to the effect that the other
interpretation (when you start running down the runway) is not what is meant.
Taxi time counts as flight time.

Jose

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