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Types of Pilot Licenses Explained (Student, Recreational, Private, Commercial, ATP, and more)

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Powered-lift: Heavier-than-air aircraft capable of vertical takeoff, vertical landing, and low speed flight that depends principally on engine-driven lift devices or engine thrust for lift during these flight regimes and on nonrotating airfoil(s) for lift during horizontal flight.

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