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**14 CFR §91.103 – Preflight Action**: As PIC, you must review ALL available flight information before departure — weath...
06/02/2026

**14 CFR §91.103 – Preflight Action**: As PIC, you must review ALL available flight information before departure — weather, fuel, alternates, and runway data.

Your buddy's weather screenshot and past experience at the destination aren't enough. There's an active SIGMET you haven't checked, a construction-shortened runway that affects your landing distance, and no formal wx briefing on file. ✈️

Are you legal to depart — and what do you still need before starting that engine?

**14 CFR §91.103 — Preflight Action:** Before any flight, the PIC must review all available information relevant to that...
06/01/2026

**14 CFR §91.103 — Preflight Action:** Before any flight, the PIC must review all available information relevant to that flight — weather, fuel, alternates, and runway lengths.

You glanced at a weather app, liked what you saw, and headed to the ramp. Now you're at cruise with deteriorating conditions at a mountain destination, no alternate in mind, and fuel math that isn't working out.

What information were you actually required to have before engine start — and did you have it? ✈️

**14 CFR §61.113** — A private pilot cannot fly for compensation or hire, but can split operating costs equally with pas...
05/31/2026

**14 CFR §61.113** — A private pilot cannot fly for compensation or hire, but can split operating costs equally with passengers.

Your buddy offers to cover the entire $180 Cessna rental if you fly him to the lake house. No cash in your pocket, no problem — right?

Not exactly. If he pays 100% and you pay nothing, you've received a benefit (free flight time) in exchange for piloting. That's compensation. You must pay at least your pro-rata share — $90 here.

Is this arrangement legal as structured? ✈️

**14 CFR §61.57 — To carry night passengers, you need 3 full-stop landings at night within the past 90 days.**Your buddy...
05/30/2026

**14 CFR §61.57 — To carry night passengers, you need 3 full-stop landings at night within the past 90 days.**

Your buddy scored concert tickets and wants wheels up at 8:30 PM. Weather's perfect, it's only 45 minutes, and you've got 3 landings logged in the last 90 days — but they were all daytime touch-and-gos. ✈️

Are you legal to take him?

**14 CFR §61.56 — You must complete a flight review every 24 calendar months to act as PIC.**Perfect VFR Saturday, your ...
05/29/2026

**14 CFR §61.56 — You must complete a flight review every 24 calendar months to act as PIC.**

Perfect VFR Saturday, your buddy's 172, and a $100 hamburger with your name on it. Then you crack the logbook: last flight review signed off October — two years ago. Same month, but you can't pinpoint the date.

Here's the question: does "24 calendar months" work in your favor — or is your buddy flying solo today?

**14 CFR §61.51 — Required logbook entries must include date, total time, route, aircraft type & ident, and kind of expe...
05/28/2026

**14 CFR §61.51 — Required logbook entries must include date, total time, route, aircraft type & ident, and kind of experience (PIC, dual, etc.).**

You crushed a cross-country with actual IMC — then got one phone call and suddenly your logbook entry is missing the departure, destination, aircraft type, and any notation of PIC or instrument time.

Does that incomplete entry count toward your aeronautical experience requirements? And a week later, can you still fix it? ✈️

**14 CFR §61.23 — Second-class medical certificates are valid for 12 months for commercial pilot privileges.**You're 43,...
05/27/2026

**14 CFR §61.23 — Second-class medical certificates are valid for 12 months for commercial pilot privileges.**

You're 43, flying banner tows commercially, and your second-class medical was issued 13 months ago. The banner is rigged, the clock is ticking, and your boss needs you airborne in 20 minutes. ✈️

What's your call before you climb in?

(Hint: BasicMed won't save you here — it only covers private pilot operations.)

**14 CFR §91.409** — Aircraft used for hire or paid flight instruction must have a 100-hour inspection every 100 hours o...
05/26/2026

**14 CFR §91.409** — Aircraft used for hire or paid flight instruction must have a 100-hour inspection every 100 hours of time in service.

You're a CFI, the Hobbs reads 98.3 hrs since the last 100-hour, and your student is already at the FBO. The shop is 6 hrs away — but that puts you at 104.3 hrs total. ✈️

Can you legally take that flight — and what factors shape your call?

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**14 CFR §91.225 — ADS-B Out is required above 10,000 ft MSL, regardless of how remote the airspace feels.**You're in a ...
05/25/2026

**14 CFR §91.225 — ADS-B Out is required above 10,000 ft MSL, regardless of how remote the airspace feels.**

You're in a rental 172 with a 978 UAT, climbing to 10,500 ft to clear a ridge — no Class B or C in sight. A buddy says you're probably fine. But your avionics shop flagged the UAT before departure: it powers on, but isn't transmitting position data.

Are you legal to launch? What's your call on the ramp? ✈️

-B

**14 CFR §91.215** — A Mode C transponder is required within 30 NM of a Class B primary airport, from the surface up to ...
05/24/2026

**14 CFR §91.215** — A Mode C transponder is required within 30 NM of a Class B primary airport, from the surface up to 10,000 ft MSL.

You're at 9,500 ft, 25 miles from a major Class B airport — well inside the Mode C veil. Staying below the Bravo shelves doesn't help if your altitude encoder is faulting. Squawking without Mode C means you're not in compliance. ✈️

Are you legal right now, and what's your next move?

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