[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR61.69]

[Page 47]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICSAND SPACE
 
CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
                               (CONTINUED)
 
PART 61--CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, AND GROUND INSTRUCTORS--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart B--Aircraft Ratings and Pilot Authorizations
 
Sec. 61.69  Glider towing: Experience and training requirements.

    (a) No person may act as pilot in command for towing a glider unless 
that person:
    (1) Holds at least a private pilot certificate with a category 
rating for powered aircraft;
    (2) Has logged at least 100 hours of pilot-in-command time in the 
aircraft category, class, and type, if required, that the pilot is using 
to tow a glider;
    (3) Has a logbook endorsement from an authorized instructor who 
certifies that the person has received ground and flight training in 
gliders and is proficient in--
    (i) The techniques and procedures essential to the safe towing of 
gliders, including airspeed limitations;
    (ii) Emergency procedures;
    (iii) Signals used; and
    (iv) Maximum angles of bank.
    (4) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, has logged 
at least three flights as the sole manipulator of the controls of an 
aircraft towing a glider or simulating glider-towing flight procedures 
while accompanied by a pilot who meets the requirements of paragraphs 
(c) and (d) of this section;
    (5) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, has 
received a logbook endorsement from the pilot, described in paragraph 
(a)(4) of this section, certifying that the person has accomplished at 
least 3 flights in an aircraft while towing a glider, or while 
simulating glider-towing flight procedures; and
    (6) Within the preceding 12 months has--
    (i) Made at least three actual or simulated glider tows while 
accompanied by a qualified pilot who meets the requirements of this 
section; or
    (ii) Made at least three flights as pilot in command of a glider 
towed by an aircraft.
    (b) Any person who before May 17, 1967, has made and logged 10 or 
more flights as pilot in command of an aircraft towing a glider in 
accordance with a certificate of waiver need not comply with paragraphs 
(a)(4) and (a)(5) of this section.
    (c) The pilot, described in paragraph (a)(4) of this section, who 
endorses the logbook of a person seeking glider-towing privileges must 
have:
    (1) Met the requirements of this section prior to endorsing the 
logbook of the person seeking glider-towing privileges; and
    (2) Logged at least 10 flights as pilot in command of an aircraft 
while towing a glider.
    (d) If the pilot described in paragraph (a)(4) of this section holds 
only a private pilot certificate, then that pilot must have:
    (1) Logged at least 100 hours of pilot-in-command time in airplanes, 
or 200 hours of pilot-in-command time in a combination of powered and 
other-than-powered aircraft; and
    (2) Performed and logged at least three flights within the 12 
calendar months preceding the month that pilot accompanies or endorses 
the logbook of a person seeking glider-towing privileges--
    (i) In an aircraft while towing a glider accompanied by another 
pilot who meets the requirements of this section; or
    (ii) As pilot in command of a glider being towed by an aircraft.

[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997; Amdt. 61-103, 62 FR 40901, 
July 30, 1997]