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Multi-Engine Rating
An add-on rating to a pilot certificate that authorizes the pilot to fly aircraft with more than one engine. Training focuses on engine-out procedures, Vmc demonstrations, asymmetric thrust management, and multi-engine systems.
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- NAVAID (Navigational Aid)A ground-based or space-based facility that supports aircraft navigation, such as a VOR, NDB, DME, ILS, or the GPS satellite constellation. NAVAID outages published in NOTAMs can force a route, approach, or training-plan change even when weather looks fine.
- Night CurrencyThe recent flight experience required to carry passengers at night. Under 14 CFR 61.57(b), a pilot needs three takeoffs and three landings to a full stop within the preceding 90 days, accomplished during the period from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise.
- Non-Precision ApproachAn instrument approach procedure that provides lateral guidance to the runway but does not include an electronic glideslope for vertical guidance. Examples include localizer-only, VOR, and many RNAV (GPS) LNAV approaches; pilots descend to a minimum descent altitude (MDA) and must see the runway environment to continue.
- Nontowered AirportAn airport without an operating control tower where pilots self-announce and sequence using CTAF/UNICOM procedures. Nontowered operations still require traffic-pattern discipline and wake-turbulence awareness around larger arrivals and departures.