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Endorsement tracker
Your own record of which endorsements you hold, who gave them, and when — the fill-in twin of the CFI endorsement sheet, built from the same cited data. Fill it in as each endorsement lands in your logbook, or print it blank and carry it to training.
The clocks that matter
Six of these endorsements lapse or expire on their own, whether or not you notice — in the module’s own words:
A.5 Pre-solo flight training at night
A 90-day clock, run from the training: § 61.87(o)(3) requires an instructor “who gave the training within the 90-day period preceding the date of the flight” — and the training is airport-specific: at the airport where the solo flight will be conducted.
A.6 Solo flight (first 90-calendar-day period)
§ 61.87(n): the endorsement must be “for the specific make and model aircraft to be flown by an authorized instructor who gave the training within the 90 days preceding the date of the flight” — the 90 days run from the training, and it is make-and-model specific.
A.7 Solo flight (each additional 90-calendar-day period)
§ 61.87(p)(4): the solo endorsement “remains current for solo flight privileges, provided an authorized instructor updates the student's logbook every 90 days thereafter” — so this endorsement recurs every 90 days for as long as the student solos.
A.10 Solo cross-country flight
Good for the one flight it names, on the date it names: § 61.93(c)(3) — “For each cross-country flight, the authorized instructor who reviews the cross-country planning must make an endorsement in the person's logbook after reviewing that person's cross-country planning”. (The doubled [origination airport] blank is the AC's own text — verified against the PDF.)
A.12 Solo flight in Class B airspace
90 days, run from the endorsement date, per Class B area: § 61.95(a)(2) requires that “the endorsement is dated within the 90-day period preceding the date of the flight in that Class B airspace area”.
A.13 Solo flight to, from, or at an airport located in Class B airspace
90 days, run from the endorsement date, per airport: § 61.95(b)(2) requires that “the endorsement is dated within the 90-day period preceding the date of the flight at that airport”.
1 · Before the first solo
The citizenship record the TSA rule demands before training, then the two endorsements every student needs before any solo — plus the night add-on for students who will solo after dark.
| Endorsement | Held? | Date given | CFI name & cert no. | Expiry / limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.14 Endorsement of U.S. citizenship recommended by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)One of two ways to satisfy the TSA rule for a U.S.-citizen student — the AC's note above gives the instructor the alternative of keeping copies of the documents for five years. 49 CFR is not among this sheet's frozen artifacts, so no duration claim is made here beyond the AC's own words. | ||||
| A.3 Pre-solo aeronautical knowledge | No expiration stated in § 61.87(b). The knowledge test is per make and model — a new make and model means a new test and a new endorsement. | |||
| A.4 Pre-solo flight training | No expiration stated in § 61.87(c). The 90-day clock lives on the solo endorsement (A.6), not on this one. | |||
| A.5 Pre-solo flight training at nightOnly if the student will fly solo at night. | A 90-day clock, run from the training: § 61.87(o)(3) requires an instructor “who gave the training within the 90-day period preceding the date of the flight” — and the training is airport-specific: at the airport where the solo flight will be conducted. |
2 · Solo, and keeping solo current
The endorsement that makes the first 90 days of solo legal, the one that renews it, and the one that opens up a nearby airport for pattern work.
| Endorsement | Held? | Date given | CFI name & cert no. | Expiry / limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.6 Solo flight (first 90-calendar-day period) | § 61.87(n): the endorsement must be “for the specific make and model aircraft to be flown by an authorized instructor who gave the training within the 90 days preceding the date of the flight” — the 90 days run from the training, and it is make-and-model specific. | |||
| A.7 Solo flight (each additional 90-calendar-day period) | § 61.87(p)(4): the solo endorsement “remains current for solo flight privileges, provided an authorized instructor updates the student's logbook every 90 days thereafter” — so this endorsement recurs every 90 days for as long as the student solos. | |||
| A.8 Solo takeoffs and landings at another airport within 25 nautical miles (NM) | No expiration of its own in § 61.93(b)(1), but it is single-purpose: “The purpose of the flight is to practice takeoffs and landings at that other airport.” (§ 61.93(b)(1)(v)) — and § 61.93(b)(1)(iii) still requires a current § 61.87 solo endorsement (A.6/A.7). |
3 · Solo cross-country
One endorsement for the training, one for every individual flight's planning — and the repeated-route exception that replaces the per-flight review inside 50 NM.
| Endorsement | Held? | Date given | CFI name & cert no. | Expiry / limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.9 Solo cross-country flight | No expiration stated in § 61.93(c)(1)–(2). Two scopes in one: an endorsement “for the specific category of aircraft to be flown” (c)(1) and one “for the specific make and model of aircraft to be flown” (c)(2) — the AC's sample covers both by naming M/M and category. Each individual flight still needs A.10. | |||
| A.10 Solo cross-country flight | Good for the one flight it names, on the date it names: § 61.93(c)(3) — “For each cross-country flight, the authorized instructor who reviews the cross-country planning must make an endorsement in the person's logbook after reviewing that person's cross-country planning”. (The doubled [origination airport] blank is the AC's own text — verified against the PDF.) | |||
| A.11 Repeated solo cross-country flights not more than 50 NM from the point of departure | The exception to A.10: § 61.93(b)(2)(iv) — “for repeated solo cross country flights to another airport within 50 nautical miles from which the flight originated, separate endorsements are not required to be made for each flight”. Route-specific; a current § 61.87 solo endorsement is still required (§ 61.93(b)(2)(iii)). |
4 · Class B airspace (situational)
Two separate endorsements — one for the airspace area, one for an airport inside it — each on its own 90-day clock.
| Endorsement | Held? | Date given | CFI name & cert no. | Expiry / limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.12 Solo flight in Class B airspaceOnly if the student will fly solo in Class B airspace. | 90 days, run from the endorsement date, per Class B area: § 61.95(a)(2) requires that “the endorsement is dated within the 90-day period preceding the date of the flight in that Class B airspace area”. | |||
| A.13 Solo flight to, from, or at an airport located in Class B airspaceOnly if the student will fly solo at an airport inside Class B airspace — a different endorsement from A.12's airspace-area one. | 90 days, run from the endorsement date, per airport: § 61.95(b)(2) requires that “the endorsement is dated within the 90-day period preceding the date of the flight at that airport”. |
5 · The knowledge test and the checkride
The endorsement that admits the student to the knowledge test, then the practical-test set: the § 61.39 prerequisites pair and the § 61.103 practical-test endorsement the AC requires alongside them.
| Endorsement | Held? | Date given | CFI name & cert no. | Expiry / limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.36 Aeronautical knowledge test | No expiration stated for the endorsement itself. The test it admits the student to has one: § 61.39(a)(1)(i) requires the knowledge test be passed “Within the 24-calendar-month period preceding the month the applicant completes the practical test”. | |||
| A.1 Prerequisites for practical test | § 61.39(a)(6)(i): the training it certifies must be “within 2 calendar months preceding the month of application” — a calendar-month clock, not 60 days. | |||
| A.2 Review of deficiencies identified on airman knowledge test | The AC's heading marks it “as required”: § 61.39(a)(6)(iii) applies only where the applicant “was deficient on the airman knowledge test” — a 100% knowledge test needs no A.2. | |||
| A.37 Flight proficiency/practical test | No expiration stated in the cited sections. The recency clock rides on A.1, which the AC's own headnote above makes a required companion — so a checkride applicant shows up with A.37, A.1, and (if the knowledge test had misses) A.2. |
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Source. The endorsement titles and every expiry/limits value on this sheet come from the same module as /printables/endorsements: templates quoted verbatim from AC 61-65K, Appendix A (issued 2025-11-14, Active), retrieved 2026-08-31 from faa.gov. Frozen artifacts: reference/AC-61-65K.pdf (sha256 34c255d17ffa65c4…) and its pdftotext (poppler 25.07.0) -layout, full path text extraction (sha256 1bd350245752c634…). Duration and limit claims are quoted from 14 CFR at eCFR issue date 2026-08-24. Check the current AC and the current regulation before relying on any of it.
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