Flight reviews and currency
Whether you need a flight review, want to return to flying after time away, or need day, night, or IFR currency, Perdido Key Flight School can help you get current with practical instruction from Roscoe Field.
Flight reviews and currency flights are tailored to what you actually need: comfort, confidence, proficiency, and current decision-making. We can focus on aircraft handling, local procedures, airspace, night operations, instrument procedures, or the areas most relevant to your flying.
14 CFR 61.56
A flight review is not a checkride, but it is also not an automatic signoff after two hours. The FAA specifies minimum content and duration; the review must still be completed to the instructor's satisfaction.
At least one hour of ground training and one hour of flight training. Ground includes current Part 91 operating and flight rules. Flight includes the maneuvers and procedures needed to demonstrate safe exercise of your pilot privileges.
A recent and proficient pilot may be able to complete the review near the regulatory minimum. We will still cover the required material and address any skills that need attention before endorsement.
There is no pressure to fit years of rust removal into one flight. We can use one or more sessions to rebuild procedures, radio work, landings, emergency skills, navigation, and confidence before completing the review.
A flight review endorsement confirms completion of the review; it does not automatically restore every separate recent-experience requirement. See 14 CFR 61.56 for the complete current rule.
Depending on how you intend to fly, you may need more than a current flight review. We can look at your logbook and build the session around the privileges you want to exercise.
Generally required within the preceding 24 calendar months to act as pilot in command, unless another applicable exception in the regulation has been met.
Carrying passengers generally requires three takeoffs and landings within the preceding 90 days. Night passenger currency requires full-stop landings during the regulatory night period.
Instrument recent experience has separate approach, holding, and course-intercepting and tracking requirements. Pilots outside the permitted currency window may need an instrument proficiency check.
Currency requirements vary with the operation and your logbook history. See 14 CFR 61.57 for the complete current recent-experience requirements.
Aircraft wet rate is $180/hr, including fuel. Instruction is $50/hr. Total time depends on your recency, proficiency, logbook requirements, and the type of flying you want to resume.
Yes. One hour of ground and one hour of flight are regulatory minimums. The endorsement is given after the review is satisfactorily completed, so additional training may be appropriate.
Yes. We can work on the full-stop takeoffs and landings and night proficiency needed for the flying you plan to do.
That is welcome. We can create a patient, multi-session return-to-flying plan and complete the formal review when you are comfortable and proficient.
Not automatically. Passenger, night, and instrument recent-experience requirements are separate. We will review your logbook and discuss what applies to your goals.
Tell us how long it has been and what kind of flying you want to return to. We will build the sessions around you.
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