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How to get started learning to fly

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There are numerous jobs in aviation besides just airline pilot. Career opportunities include business aviation pilot, flight instructing, cargo airlines, military flying, law enforcement and many more. You can set your own schedule, use airports that airlines don’t serve and leave the hassles of security lines behind.

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Student Pilot and FAA Medical Certificates

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You will need a Student Pilot Certificate before your first solo; that momentous occasion when your instructor has enough confidence in your ability to depart the airplane and send you off by yourself. There may be an option to obtain a special issuance medical certificate or obtain a medical with certain operating limitations.

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Pilot’s Guide to International Flight Planning

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While crossing the North Atlantic to Europe is possible, those trips are generally reserved for airliners or private jets with the training and authorizations to operate within the high-altitude minimum navigation performance specification airspace. The decal is valid for a given calendar year.