PPL Requirement Progress

Here are the requirements to get my PPL, and my progress through the requirements.  This will be updated often.  It has been a long process, and i am almost complete.  


I have been reading tons of articles, the POH, and my books in prep for the check ride.  I heard my examiner like the airplane systems.  So i am sure that's where a majority of the testing will be.  So i am ensuring i know just about everything there is to know about the airplane i am flying.


The requirements are in bold underlined if they are not done, and red strikethrough if they are done.

• Be at least 17 years old
• Be able to read, speak, write and understand the English language
• Obtain at least a third class medical certificate from an Aviation Medical Examiner (except for glider or balloon)
• Pass a computerized aeronautical knowledge test
• Accumulate and log a specified amount of training and experience, including the following:
• 40 hours of flight time, including 20 hours of flight with an instructor, 10 hours of solo flight, cross-country flight
• Solo requirements:
• 5 hours of solo cross-country time
• One solo cross-country flight of at least 150 nmi (280 km) total distance, with full-stop landings at a minimum of three points and with one segment of the flight consisting of a straight-line distance of at least 50 nmi (93 km) between the takeoff and landing locations
• Three solo takeoffs and landings to a full stop at an airport with an operating control tower.
• Night requirements:
• 3 hours of night flight training
• One cross-country flight of over 100 nautical miles (190 km) total distance
• 10 takeoffs and 10 landings to a full stop (with each landing involving a flight in the traffic pattern) at an airport
• 3 hours of flight training on the control and maneuvering solely by reference to instruments
• 3 hours of flight training for cross country flights
• Pass an oral test and flight test administered by an FAA inspector, FAA-designated examiner, or authorized check instructor (Part 141 only)

Thanks for following my blog along my flight training progression.  Hope this blog helps at least one person out there in some sort of way.