14 CFR 61.7 - Obsolete certificates and ratings.

Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 11, 2026

Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space last revised: Dec 19, 2026

View all text of Subpart A [§ 61.1 - § 61.60]

§ 61.7 - Obsolete certificates and ratings.

(a) The holder of a free-balloon pilot certificate issued before November 1, 1973, may not exercise the privileges of that certificate.

(b) The holder of a pilot certificate that bears any of the following category ratings without an associated class rating may not exercise the privileges of that category rating:

(1) Rotorcraft.

(2) Lighter-than-air.

(3) Helicopter.

(4) Autogyro.

authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 44701-44703, 44707, 44709-44711, 44729, 44903, 45102-45103, 45301-45302

source: Docket 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 14 CFR 61.7