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    14 CFR Sec. 61.83

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    Title 14
    CHAPTER I
    SUBCHAPTER D
    PART 61
    Subpart C

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    Sec. 61.83 Eligibility requirements: Student pilots.

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      To be eligible for a student pilot certificate, a person must -
      (a) Be at least 16 years of age, or at least 14 years of age for
    a student pilot certificate limited to the operation of a glider or
    free balloon;
      (b) Be able to read, speak, and understand the English language,
    or have such operating limitations placed on his pilot certificate
    as are necessary for the safe operation of aircraft, to be removed
    when he shows that he can read, speak, and understand the English
    language; and
      (c) Hold at least a current third-class medical certificate
    issued under part 67 of this chapter, or, in the case of glider or
    free balloon operations, certify that he has no known medical
    defect that makes him unable to pilot a glider or a free balloon.
    (Doc. No. 11802, Amdt. 61-60, 38 FR 3161, Feb. 1, 1973, as amended
    by Amdt. 61-64, 41 FR 51392, Nov. 22, 1976; Amdt. 61-82, 54 FR
    13038, Mar. 29, 1989)