Is the pilot license needed...?

"Jose" wrote in message
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There's a generic criminal statute for a materially false, oral or
written statement submitted to any fed agency in any official matter.

Yes, but this covers making false statements (as in to the FAA).

If you never make a false statement to the government, and merely fly an
airplane without a license, and without ever having attempted to get one,
is this a criminal act according to statute?

Jose


After a quick and possibly incorrect search this may be you legal catch all.

http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/h...6----000-.html

(a) Criminal Penalty.- Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section,
when another criminal penalty is not provided under this chapter, a person
that knowingly and willfully violates this part, a regulation prescribed or
order issued by the Secretary of Transportation (or the Under Secretary of
Transportation for Security with respect to security duties and powers
designated to be carried out by the Under Secretary or the Administrator of
the Federal Aviation Administration with respect to aviation safety duties
and powers designated to be carried out by the Administrator) under this
part, or any term of a certificate or permit issued under section 41102,
41103, or 41302 of this title shall be fined under title 18. A separate
violation occurs for each day the violation continues.