Aviation Safety, August 1st, 2006
As a glider and power instructor I enjoyed Peter Tobin's article ("Defeating Gravity," June 2006) concerning the benefits to power pilots of gaining some experience in gliders. I fully support that assertion. I do have two negative comments, however, on this otherwise informative article. The first is the implication that power pilots without a glider rating have the option of taking their BFR in a glider.
Unfortunately, FAR 61.56 explicitly states that the BFR must be in an aircraft type for which the pilot is rated. This error of fact should be corrected in a future issue of Aviation Safe...
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