FAR regulations

Traffic Pattern Oct 19, 2026

FAR Ninety-One Point One Seventeen, the Speed Limit Regulation Students Learn in Half, and the Two Hundred Knot Rule That Hides in the Airspace Beneath Class Bravo

FAR 91.117 contains three separate speed limits - not just the 250-knot rule - and missing the other two can put you in violation without ever entering Class Bravo.

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Traffic Pattern Jul 30, 2026

Ninety-One Point Three, the Emergency Authority That Lets the Pilot in Command Bend Any Rule to Save the Flight

Learn how FAR 91.3 gives the pilot in command final authority and the power to deviate from any rule in an emergency - and its limits.

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