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Traffic Pattern Aug 8, 2026

FAR Sixty-One Fifty-Seven, the Ninety-Day Currency Rule, and the Difference Between Being Legal to Fly and Being Legal to Bring Your Family

FAR 61.57 requires three takeoffs and landings in the preceding 90 days to carry passengers - here's how the rule really works.

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Traffic Pattern Aug 3, 2026

Sixty-One Fifty-Seven, the Three Takeoffs and Landings in Ninety Days, and the Night Rule That Says Full Stop or You Fly Alone

Understand FAR 61.57 currency: three takeoffs and landings in 90 days, plus the stricter full-stop night rule for carrying passengers.

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