Flight Navigator

[AC560]

Anyone know if it is still possible to get a flight navigator certificate and if so know anybody that teaches it?

 

[Spooky 2]

Anyone know if it is still possible to get a flight navigator certificate and if so know anybody that teaches it?

Yes it is possible but for various reasons it is very difficult. The FAA has a grand total of three Navigation specialists in the whole organization and at least one of them does not want to bother with this type of certificate....so I'm told. PM me and I'll pass along the point of contact that can assist you in the process, if you insist on this course.

Interestly one of the inspectors told me that he just did a certification last year to a former UAL guy, The process was painful and expensive as the guy had purchased an old D-18 the he had reconfigured with a astrodome so he could do star shots.

I did this in the B707 and as I recall we needed a 100 hours of student nav time. That may have been through a special FAA approved program that the airline had in place at the time?

 

[MauleSkinner]

Interestly one of the inspectors told me that he just did a certification last year to a former UAL guy, The process was painful and expensive as the guy had purchased an old D-18 the he had reconfigured with a astrodome so he could do star shots.

That was the guy who flew the Vickers Vimy replica across the Pond, I believe. The airplane he bought to train in was a C-45 variant that came from the factory with an astrodome.

I did this in the B707 and as I recall we needed a 100 hours of student nav time. That may have been through a special FAA approved program that the airline had in place at the time?

The requirements for Flight Navigator certification are found in Part 63:
http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/tex...2&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title14/14cfr63_main_02.tpl
Fly safe!
David

 

[Spooky 2]

I see where the 100 hours number came from as all of the Navigator students had at leat the 500 hour x-country requirement before being hired. The written was the real hard part of this rating.