14 CFR § 141.41 - Full flight simulators, flight training devices, aviation training devices, and training aids.

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title: "14 CFR § 141.41 - Full flight simulators, flight training devices, aviation training devices, and training aids."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "141.41"
section_name: "Full flight simulators, flight training devices, aviation training devices, and training aids."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
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subchapter_name: "SCHOOLS AND OTHER CERTIFICATED AGENCIES"
part_number: "141"
part_name: "PILOT SCHOOLS"
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regulatory_source: "Docket 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
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# 141.41 Full flight simulators, flight training devices, aviation training devices, and training aids.

An applicant for a pilot school certificate or a provisional pilot school certificate must show that its full flight simulators, flight training devices, aviation training devices, training aids, and equipment meet the following requirements:

(a) *Full flight simulators and flight training devices.* Each full flight simulator and flight training device used to obtain flight training credit in an approved pilot training course curriculum must be:

(1) Qualified under part 60 of this chapter, or a previously qualified device, as permitted in accordance with § 60.17 of this chapter; and

(2) Approved by the Administrator for the tasks and maneuvers.

(b) *Aviation training devices.* Each basic or advanced aviation training device used to obtain flight training credit in an approved pilot training course curriculum must be evaluated, qualified, and approved by the Administrator.

(c) *Training aids and equipment.* Each training aid, including any audiovisual aid, projector, mockup, chart, or aircraft component listed in the approved training course outline, must be accurate and relevant to the course for which it is used.

[Docket FAA-2015-1846, Amdt. 141-18, 81 FR 21460, Apr. 12, 2016]