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Class rating

Allowance to fly aircraft of similar design

An example of a single engine land class aircraft, the ubiquitous [[Cessna 172

In aviation, a class rating is an allowance to fly a certain group of aircraft that require training common to all aircraft within the group. A type rating is specified if a particular aircraft requires additional specialized training beyond the scope of initial license and aircraft class training. Which aircraft require a type rating is decided by the local aviation authority. Almost all single-engine piston (SEP) or multi-engine piston (MEP) single pilot aircraft can be flown without a type rating, but are covered by a class rating instead.

United States

In the United States, all turbojets require a type rating. Aircraft with a maximum take-off weight of more than 12500 lb typically require a type rating.

In the United States, there are seven categories of aircraft, which contain the following classes:

Category	Class	Category	Class
Airplane	Single-engine land (ASEL)	Lighter-than-air	Airship
Multiengine land (AMEL)	Balloon
Single-engine sea (ASES)	Powered-lift
Multiengine sea (AMES)	Powered parachute	Powered parachute land
Rotorcraft	Helicopter	Powered parachute sea
Gyroplane	Weight-shift-control aircraft	Weight-shift-control aircraft land
Glider		Weight-shift-control aircraft sea

Class ratings may have limitations placed upon them. In the United States, if a pilot being examined for a multi-engine rating does not demonstrate the ability to control an aircraft under asymmetric thrust, their multi-engine rating will be endorsed as "Limited-to-Center Thrust". (In the European Union, a multi-engine centreline thrust aeroplane is considered a single-engine aeroplane when being used for an instrument rating skill test.)

Gallery

Image:Mars Water Bomber.jpg|A Mars water bomber, one of the largest multi-engine sea-class aircraft File:ZeppelinNT-01.jpg|An airship class aircraft in the aerostat category, a Zeppelin NT File:Schweizer2-33C-GRVS.JPG|An example of a glider class aircraft, a Schweizer SGS 2-33 File:CAFcormorantYQR.JPG|An example of a rotorcraft class aircraft, a CH-149 Cormorant helicopter

File:C-17 4.jpg|An example of a very large multi-engine class aircraft, a C-17 Globemaster III File:CF-188A BANKING.jpg|An example of a jet fighter aircraft, a CF-18 Hornet

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