Types of currency

On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:04:35 -0700 (PDT), buttman
wrote:

Does anyone know of a comprehensive list somewhere that lays out each
and every category/class combo that the FAA recognizes?


http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text... 1.1.2.1.1.35
§ 61.57 Recent flight experience: Pilot in command.

I did. I read the whole thing before posting the topic. I don't fly
gliders, but from what I know, it would be weird to just go out, get
towed up and come right back 3 times for the purpose of landing
currency. I figured there might be some kind of exception for gliders,
considering I couldn't find any mention via a google search of anyone
doing such a thing. Same goes for balloon piloting.


The Books says.. category and class...
So as the Good Book Says.. so shall it be..
be current in SEL.. and if you fly your friend down to the glider club for a
soaring flight.. and you are not current in gliders..
you WILL do 3 trips around the pattern solo (or with an instructor), to
complete your three landings in a glider (it is a different category all its
own).. before you take that friend soaring..

no exceptions..

BT
CFIG

Dont's forget Part 63, either, for us few and far between Second Officers
"Bob F." wrote in message
. ..
Don't forget about, 135, 141, 121, ILS -CAT, examiner currency,
dispatcher,
CGI, A&E

--
Regards, BobF.
"BT" wrote in message
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good answer Vaughn... but the AIM/FAR is on the internet..

as for gliders.. or to carry passengers in anything.. you must be 90 day
current in category and class, and if you are doing it at night.. night
landing current too...
so even if you are 90 current in SEL and not 90 current in glider.. then
you be best to do your 3 pattern tows for three landings.. before taking
that pretty girl up for a glider ride.

B

"Vaughn Simon" wrote in message
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"buttman" wrote in message

...
I'm trying to come up with a list of all possible currency
requirements that could possibly be calculated. This is what I have so
far:

SEL general
SEL night
MEL general
MEL night
SEL tailwheel general
SEL tailwheel night
MEL tailwheel general
MEL tailwheel night
SES general
SES night
MES general
MES night

instrument-airplane
instrument-helicopter
instrument-glider

After that it gets kind of confusing. There are a few other
categories, such as Powered Lift, Lighter-Than-Air, Weight-Shift, etc.
But I don't know if single-engine, sea, apply to them.

Is there a such thing as glider currency?

Currency for carrying passengers is determined by category and class
of
aircraft. I can't find where the FAA defines anything called "SEL
currency" or "glider currency", though some may invent such terms for
logging purposes.

Do you have to do 3 landings
within the last 90 days in a glider to carry passengers in a glider?

Yes. Read 61.57

The FAR's define a glider as a category, but I can't find any mention
of glider currency anywhere on the internet.

Speaking respectfully, stop searching the Internet and get familar
with
your FAR/AIM. For today's subject, start at 61.57.

Vaughn

Yes and remember, after conducting a Flight Exam the examiner should always
get his currency. :-)

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Regards, BobF.
"tom418" wrote in message
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Dont's forget Part 63, either, for us few and far between Second Officers

"Bob F." wrote in message
. ..
Don't forget about, 135, 141, 121, ILS -CAT, examiner currency,
dispatcher,
CGI, A&E

--
Regards, BobF.
"BT" wrote in message
...
good answer Vaughn... but the AIM/FAR is on the internet..

as for gliders.. or to carry passengers in anything.. you must be 90
day
current in category and class, and if you are doing it at night.. night
landing current too...
so even if you are 90 current in SEL and not 90 current in glider..
then
you be best to do your 3 pattern tows for three landings.. before
taking
that pretty girl up for a glider ride.

B

"Vaughn Simon" wrote in message
...

"buttman" wrote in message

...
I'm trying to come up with a list of all possible currency
requirements that could possibly be calculated. This is what I have
so
far:

SEL general
SEL night
MEL general
MEL night
SEL tailwheel general
SEL tailwheel night
MEL tailwheel general
MEL tailwheel night
SES general
SES night
MES general
MES night

instrument-airplane
instrument-helicopter
instrument-glider

After that it gets kind of confusing. There are a few other
categories, such as Powered Lift, Lighter-Than-Air, Weight-Shift,
etc.
But I don't know if single-engine, sea, apply to them.

Is there a such thing as glider currency?

Currency for carrying passengers is determined by category and class
of
aircraft. I can't find where the FAA defines anything called "SEL
currency" or "glider currency", though some may invent such terms for
logging purposes.

Do you have to do 3 landings
within the last 90 days in a glider to carry passengers in a glider?

Yes. Read 61.57

The FAR's define a glider as a category, but I can't find any mention
of glider currency anywhere on the internet.

Speaking respectfully, stop searching the Internet and get familar
with
your FAR/AIM. For today's subject, start at 61.57.

Vaughn

"BT" wrote in message
...
...
you WILL do 3 trips around the pattern solo (or with an instructor), to
complete your three landings in a glider (it is a different category all
its own).. before you take that friend soaring..

no exceptions..

It's three Takeoff / landings - not three trips around the pattern. So, I
suspect that you could save a couple tows by doing two touch and go's before
the full stop at the end of the runway, eh?

You touch the main gear down,
you lift the main gear up
You touch the main gear down
and you shake it all around.

Isn't that what it's all about?

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So, if it's one loooong runway, or on a river in a float plane, can you take
off and land, take off and land and take off and land without going around
the pattern to qualify?

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"BT" wrote in message
...
...
you WILL do 3 trips around the pattern solo (or with an instructor), to
complete your three landings in a glider (it is a different category all
its own).. before you take that friend soaring..

no exceptions..

It's three Takeoff / landings - not three trips around the pattern. So, I
suspect that you could save a couple tows by doing two touch and go's
before the full stop at the end of the runway, eh?

You touch the main gear down,
you lift the main gear up
You touch the main gear down
and you shake it all around.

Isn't that what it's all about?

--
Geoff
The Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Com
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When immigration is outlawed, only outlaws will immigrate.

"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk At Wow Way D0t C0m wrote in message
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It's three Takeoff / landings - not three trips around the pattern. So, I
suspect that you could save a couple tows by doing two touch and go's before
the full stop at the end of the runway, eh?

Since a full stop is only required for a tailwheel airplane, I suppose that
manuver would meet the letter of the regulation. As an alternative, you could
do an auto tow to liftoff and then do a landing straight ahead...repeat.

Vaughn

"Bob F." wrote in message
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So, if it's one loooong runway, or on a river in a float plane, can you
take off and land, take off and land and take off and land without going
around the pattern to qualify?


Show me where it says you can't...

And why would you need a looooong runway?

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Just supporting your point that a pattern has nothing to do with it. ;-)
Does three bounces get it? At what point does a bounce become a to /
landing?

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"Bob F." wrote in message
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So, if it's one loooong runway, or on a river in a float plane, can you
take off and land, take off and land and take off and land without going
around the pattern to qualify?


Show me where it says you can't...

And why would you need a looooong runway?

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Geoff
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"Bob F." wrote in message
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Just supporting your point that a pattern has nothing to do with it. ;-)
Does three bounces get it? At what point does a bounce become a to /
landing?


Far as I know, the regs don't really say...

I couldn't tell you how many times I heard "how many of those are you going
to log?" from my brother...

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