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From: "Daniel A. Krantz" <dkrantz@dakran.com>
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And people think renting a 172 is expensive :-)

Dan

Mike Wei wrote:
> 
> Actually in the FAA's certificate/rating system, a private pilot
> certificate itself doesn't specifically allow you to fly ANYTHING.  It
> only allows you to fly privately those aircrafts that you have ratings
> for.  The ratings are the ones that authorize you to fly a particular
> aircraft.  The most common rating is "airplane single engine land".
> 
> Theoretically you can have a private pilot certificate that has only two
> ratings like this "Airplane multiengine land" and "Boeing 747" (type
> rating).   You will be authorized to fly 747 privately under VFR,
> however you can't fly a 152.
> 
> --Mike.
> 
> Jeff Meeker wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 6 Apr 1999 20:52:46 -0400, "Joseph Zahn"
> > <jwzahn@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> >
> > >What's the deal on learning to fly helicopters?  Does a private pilot's
> > >license allow you to fly one, or is there a seperate license for it?
> > >
> > >
> > No seperate license.  You just need to get a helicopter rating added
> > on to an existing Private Pilot certificate (assuming you have one).
> > If you have nothing, you can start out in helicoptors.  Then you would
> > need an add on to fly aiplanes.
> >
> > Jeff
