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How often must a pilot complete a flight review to act as pilot in command?
Choices
✓ Within the preceding 24 calendar monthscorrect
61.56 requires a flight review within the preceding 24 calendar months.
Within the preceding 90 days
90 days is the passenger-carrying recency window, not the flight review.
Within the preceding 12 calendar months
The flight review interval is 24, not 12, months.
Only once, at the time of certification
The flight review recurs every 24 calendar months.
Why
Under 61.56, a pilot must complete a flight review (at least 1 hour ground and 1 hour flight with an instructor) within the preceding 24 calendar months to act as PIC.
FAA source: 14 CFR 61.56browse the reference library →
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