14 CFR § 61.61 - Applicability.

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title: "14 CFR § 61.61 - Applicability."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "61.61"
section_name: "Applicability."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "AIRMEN"
part_number: "61"
part_name: "CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, AND GROUND INSTRUCTORS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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regulatory_source: "Docket 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
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# 61.61 Applicability.

This subpart prescribes the requirements for the issuance of additional aircraft ratings after a pilot certificate is issued, issuance of a type rating concurrently with a pilot certificate, and the requirements for and limitations of pilot authorizations issued by the Administrator.

[Docket FAA-2006-26661, 76 FR 78143, Dec. 16, 2011]