Bi Annual is coming

Gino Shtirlits

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My bi annual is coming in November. What gonna happened if I delay one or two months? My Cessna will be in shop pretty long time that's why I can't be on time.
 
Not a thing. Just can’t act as PIC til it’s complete.

Correct. If you're not flying it makes no difference. I like to do mine before the due date so as to be PIC.

BTW ... Biannual refers to events that occur twice a year. It can sometimes be confused with biennial, which means something happens every two years. ;)
 
BTW ... Biannual refers to events that occur twice a year. It can sometimes be confused with biennial, which means something happens every two years.
Sorry. English was not my first language. Sometimes could be confused.
 
What I did when my plane was in the shop for maintenance when I needed a flight review is take the opportunity to rent and fly a different plane for the flight review and do something completely different. We took a C172 (I usually fly an AA-5) and did some short/soft landings at a downhill 1200 foot grass strip with trees at the end as a part of the flight review. That was fun, and a good way to re-kindle those precise handling skills. I can't do that in an AA-5. It almost (not really) made me think I should fly a C172.
 
How do you put the plane back in service without a review
The flight review is about the pilot, not the plane. The annual inspection applies to the plane -- the flight review applies to the pilot, in any plane.
 
How do you put the plane back in service without a review
That's the problem. My 2 yrs PPL review expires on November, but my Cessna could be delayed in the shop until December. Do I have to rent a plane for the review in November? Or I can fly from the shop and to my CFI on December? My base airfield, the shop and my CFI location are not on the same place. Actually it is about my two short flights without passengers than my review expired on one month
 
If your review expires in November then you cannot act as PIC until you complete a review. You can fly your airplane to the review in December if someone goes with you and *acts* as PIC. You cannot fly solo to the review after your prior review expires. You can rent an airplane in November for the review and then you'll be in compliance when your airplane is ready.

I rent an airplane every two years for my review rather than trying to find an instructor small enough to fit and willing to do a review without full controls in my back seat.

Nauga,
piecewise continuous
 
That's the problem. My 2 yrs PPL review expires on November, but my Cessna could be delayed in the shop until December. Do I have to rent a plane for the review in November? Or I can fly from the shop and to my CFI on December? My base airfield, the shop and my CFI location are not on the same place. Actually it is about my two short flights without passengers than my review expired on one month
Unfortunately, yes. Looks like you have to rent or get it done before annual if it's not there already. Unless you pay pay your CFI or have someone else act as PIC in December. But you still won't be able to return to service yourself after annual without the review.

Next biennial I plan on getting my sea legs since I'm not going to get the instrument in time.
 
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Don’t worry about it. Native English speakers screw it up just as much.
Yes, including the poster who corrected him. "Biannual" can mean either twice a year or once every two years. So the biennial flight review is also a biannual flight review.

 
Yes, including the poster who corrected him. "Biannual" can mean either twice a year or once every two years. So the biennial flight review is also a biannual flight review.

The clarification essentially says we screw it up so much we can mean once every other year. By definition it's twice a year.
 
I am only one person in my Cessna. will speak to my CFI about the issue.
What does solo have to do with it? If your flight review expires, you will not be legal to fly solo until you pass a flight review.
 
Just do your flight review now. There is no requirement that you have to wait the full 24 months. I almost always get mine a month or two early in case of a scheduling or aircraft availability issue.

And no need to use your favorite or most familiar CFI. Any instructor can give a flight review.
 
The clarification essentially says we screw it up so much we can mean once every other year. By definition it's twice a year.
I don't think that's actually what it says. In fact, it says that by definition it's either. It also says that the confusion is caused by people who use the word:s not knowing they are, in fact, ambiguous: "The chief difficulty is that many users of these words assume that others know exactly what they mean, and they do not bother to make their context clear."
 
You don't need to use either word. The correct term is simply "flight review."
the term is "Flight Review" with a 24 month look back to your last Flight Review. Same as 3 takeoff and landings in the previous 90 days. You want to do something today, look back in the calendar the required number of days or months since that was last accomplished, if you meet the requirements, good to go.

For a flight review it's a 24 month look back. Not 24 months and 1 day, that would be the 25th month.
 
Just do your flight review now. There is no requirement that you have to wait the full 24 months. I almost always get mine a month or two early in case of a scheduling or aircraft availability issue.
A couple of times I’ve done mine well before it was due.
Once a CFI needed recent C210 time before he could fly with someone who had purchased a C210 and needed an instructor for the first 20 hours. We flew for an hour so he could make the insurance company happy and I got a BFR out of it.
Another time I flew a CFI to pick up his plane and got a BFR in return.
I just had a cylinder replaced and need to fly at 75% power for an hour. I’m going to get a 90 year old CFI (hi Elizabeth) who loves to fly go with me and sign off on my BFR at the same time.
 
Love these posts where people get worked up over terminology or the removal of a word.

It’s required every 2 years, some people do that when they are required to. So if they are going for a bi ennial, bi annual, BFR, whatever you wanna call it. That is the correct phrase. Some people wanna get a flight review every 6 months, good for them.
 
Love these posts where people get worked up over terminology or the removal of a word.

It’s required every 2 years, some people do that when they are required to. So if they are going for a bi ennial, bi annual, BFR, whatever you wanna call it. That is the correct phrase. Some people wanna get a flight review every 6 months, good for them.
Actually, it would be a biennial or biannual. A bi ennial or bi annual would probably be an LGBTQ event.
 
Correct. If you're not flying it makes no difference. I like to do mine before the due date so as to be PIC.

BTW ... Biannual refers to events that occur twice a year. It can sometimes be confused with biennial, which means something happens every two years. ;)
And ... a flight review is the not-so-new name of the thing.
 
Love these posts where people get worked up over terminology or the removal of a word.

It’s required every 2 years, some people do that when they are required to. So if they are going for a bi ennial, bi annual, BFR, whatever you wanna call it. That is the correct phrase. Some people wanna get a flight review every 6 months, good for them.
Words have exact meanings. Ask a lawyer. It's too easy to do it right. (Disclaimer: I worked IT in court houses for more than decade, and also ran the technical publications department at an aerospace company.)
 
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