ASPEN Flying Club: Student Pilot Solo Restrictions/Limitations
ASPEN Flying Club: Student Pilot Solo Restrictions/Limitations
ASPEN Flying Club: Student Pilot Solo Restrictions/Limitations
1) Student pilots must be under the supervision of a Certified Flight Instructor at all
times. Each solo flight must have prior approval of the instructor. Blanket approvals
are not permitted.
2) Student pilots must attend the regularly scheduled Aspen Flying Club Safety
Seminars, at least one every three months. Any student unable to attend must view the
videotape of a seminar before their next flight.
3) To maintain solo currency with Aspen Flying Club, student pilots must fly a minimum
of two (2) flights per month, with each flight being at least one (1) hour or more in
duration, with at least three (3) landings per month.
4) Student solo flights may not depart when actual or forecast winds, for the duration of
their flight and up to one hour after their expected time of arrival, exceed 16 knots, or
have a crosswind component in excess of 8 knots. For local flights, the forecast
conditions over the entire route must remain, and must be expected to remain for the
duration of the flight plus one (1) hour after the expected time of arrival, a minimum
ceiling of 3,000 feet and ten (10) miles visibility. For solo cross-country flights, the
forecast conditions over the entire route must maintain a minimum ceiling of 5,000
feet and ten (10) miles visibility.
5) No student pilot may depart on a flight if the runways of intended use are reported to
be icy or snow-covered, or when the breaking action is reported as fair, poor or nil.
6) All solo local flights must depart with full gas tanks, unless authorized by an
instructor.
7) All solo cross-country flights must depart with full gas tanks.
8) Student solo flights at night are prohibited unless authorized by the chief pilot.
9) A standard weather briefing from Flight Service or DUATS is required for all flights.
10) Unless authorized by the chief pilot or owner, only the following airports are approved
for student cross-country solo flights: Pueblo, La Junta, Lamar, Goodland, Akron,
Limon, Loveland (FNL), Ft. Morgan, Sterling, Sydney and Greeley.
11) All solo student pilots will use the full runway length for takeoff. No intersection
takeoffs are authorized.
12) Solo students are NOT permitted to enter class Bravo airspace unless authorized by
the chief flight instructor.
13) Students are NOT permitted to fly before or after the front desk is open.
Rev. 6/2010