Rainbow Air Flight Academy

The Runway For Your Aviation Career

The commercial pilot certificate allows a pilot to receive pay when flying in specified situations such as flight instruction, banner towing, aerial photography, and charter company or airline employment. It, too, never expires, providing you complete a flight review every 24 months. You must be at least 18 years old and possess a current FAA medical certificate.

The course, based on two or three sessions per week, is normally about 6 months.

· 250 hrs. total flight time (50 hrs. of FTD time allowed)

· 100 hrs. in powered aircraft

· 100 hrs. pilot-in-command (no flight instructor)

· 50 hrs. in an airplane

· 50 hrs. of cross-country flying

· 20 hrs. of training (ground and flight)

· 10 hrs. of instrument training

· 10 hrs. of instruction in a complex airplane

· 100 nm., 2 hr. day cross-country flight

· 100 nm., 2 hr. night cross-country flight

· 3 hrs. preparing for the FAA checkride

· 10 hrs. of solo flying

· One 300 nm. flight that's at least 250 nm. from departure airport

· 5 hrs. of night flying including 10 takeoffs and landings

Commercial Pilot Lab

· Complex airplane (retractable landing gear and controllable-pitch propeller)

· Advanced ground reference maneuvers

· Advanced takeoffs and landings

· Advanced flight maneuvers

· Extended cross-county flying

· Review for the FAA written test

· Review for the FAA checkride