"How do I become a Pilot?" If I had a dollar for every time someone said that to me, I’d have enough money to buy my own plane. That sentence is almost always followed by a “but”, and the “buts” are ...

Becoming a helicopter pilot requires obtaining a private pilot certificate (minimum age 17, FAA medical certificate needed), followed by a commercial pilot certificate for paid work. An airline ...

Organizations like the FAA sometimes use “license” and “certificate” interchangeably on their website, but the official term for a piece of paper that gives you the legal right to fly an aircraft is, ...