Flight test validity

[rotorspeed]

Trying to navigate the CARS. How long is flight test good for until taking written

[photofly]

12 months:

421.26:
"Within the 12 months preceding the date of application for the licence, an applicant shall successfully complete a flight test as pilot-in-command of an aeroplane in accordance with..."

[rotorspeed]

Thanks photofly

[5x5]

Just be careful if you're running close to the full year prior to the application and the flight test was a partial where 2 flights were required. The 12 months is from the date of the first flight, not the date of the second one where you actually "successfully complete" the requirement.

[CpnCrunch]

And the 12 months is until you apply for the license, not the written test. If you write the test 11 months after the flight test and you fail it the first time, you're probably screwed.