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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a private pilot" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to someone who holds a private pilot license and is qualified to fly aircraft for personal use, not for commercial purposes.
Example: "After years of training, she finally became a private pilot and could fly her own plane on weekends."
Alternatives: "a licensed pilot" or "a non-commercial pilot".
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He was licensed as a private pilot.
Arthur became a private pilot and an avid yachtsman.
Jack Ellis told me he once had elite status on three airlines and was a private pilot.
But one of them was I was a private pilot and did a lot of flying for a while.
A private pilot himself, Mr. Bolen added that he would not block the release of his flight information if he owned a plane.
A private pilot, he had failed for years to inform the F.A.A. about his H.I.V. status on a form that prospective pilots are required to fill out.
"You are open to a certain kind of experience if you come here," said Ross Kallenberger, a private pilot in Bakersfield, Calif., who saw the crash.
The plaintiff, Stanmore C. Cooper, a private pilot, conceded that he had not lost any money because one government agency told another that he was infected with H.I.V.
Two sessions with campus counselors (one a private pilot) helped calm her, but then the Nov. 12 American Airlines crash in Queens set her back.
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The step-up from a private-pilot to an instrument-pilot rating is considered the toughest ladder in aviation.
The aircraft was a twin-engine Aero Commander 680 flown by a pilot who had a private-pilot license and a reported 8,000 hours of flying time, but who held no instrument rating.
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