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Old 19th Oct 2012, 10:19
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K.O.
 
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"250 NM X-Country check,120 NM Night Check,Day Check,Night Check, IR Test , Morse Code (signal reception report) to be within past 6 months."

Does this mean a CHECK RIDE? Or a CHECK OUT? A check ride being what most FAA trained pilots call flying with an FAA examiner to earn your Private, Inst, Comm, Multi, etc etc etc license, and a check out being you fly with any CFI certified on say a 172 and he/she makes sure you know your stuff and won't break the airplane, kill yourself, or anyone else.

If its the former, what the heck is the examiner going to do for 250 miles?! Just sit there? Make sure you can fly straight and level for 2.5 hours? Also why do they ask you to do a 120NM XC "returning to point of departure without landing". What sense does that make?

Also, what the difference between a Check, a Test, a Skills Test, and a Practical Test?

the DGCA really make me want to
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