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Below is a comprehensive listing of all the ratings offered by the FAA. The sheer length of the list illustrates the diversity of aviation. Whether you wish to float in a balloon or fly the heaviest airplane in existence, splash onto a pristine Alaskan lake in a seaplane, or soar silently for hours on powerful summertime thermals; once youve earned a pilot certificate, theres no end to the different flavors of flight that await your sampling. - Aircraft category ratings
- Airplane
- Rotorcraft
- Glider
- Lighter-than-air
- Powered-lift
- Powered parachute
- Weight-shift-control aircraft
- Airplane class ratings
- Single-engine land
- Multiengine land
- Single-engine seaplane
- Multi-engine seaplane
- Rotorcraft class ratings
- Lighter-than-air class ratings
- Weight-shift-control aircraft class ratings
- Weight-shift-control aircraft land
- Weight-shift-control aircraft sea
- Powered parachute class ratings
- Powered parachute land
- Powered parachute sea
- Aircraft type ratings
- Large aircraft other than lighter-than-air
- Turbojet-powered airplanes
- Other aircraft type ratings specified by the Administrator through the aircraft type certification procedures
- Second-in-command pilot type rating for aircraft that is certificated for operations with a minimum crew of at least two pilots
- Instrument ratings (on private and commercial pilot certificates only)
- Instrument”Airplane
- Instrument”Helicopter
- Instrument”Powered-lift
- The following ratings are placed on a flight instructor certificate when an applicant satisfactorily accomplishes the training and certification requirements for the rating sought:
- Aircraft category ratings
- Airplane
- Rotorcraft
- Glider
- Powered-lift
- Airplane class ratings
- Rotorcraft class ratings
- Instrument ratings
- Instrument-Airplane
- Instrument-Helicopter
- Instrument-Powered-lift
- Sport pilot rating
- The following ratings are placed on a ground instructor certificate when an applicant satisfactorily accomplishes the training and certification requirements for the rating sought:
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