Which is a permitted use of a special flight permit?

• A. Moving an aircraft for maintenance or repair
• B. Regular commercial flight
• C. Scheduled training flight
• D. Overnight parking at a non-owned field

Answer: (A)

Special flight permits allow limited flight of an aircraft that doesn’t meet all standard airworthiness requirements, under specific restrictions. A primary use is to move the aircraft to a location where maintenance or repair is needed, or to a facility where it can be serviced or tested after maintenance. This lets you relocate an aircraft that can’t yet be operated under full certification but is still safe to fly for the purpose of getting it to the place it needs to be repaired or tested.

Regular commercial flights and scheduled training flights require full airworthiness and approved flight operations, so they’re not authorized under a special flight permit. Overnight parking at a non-owned field isn’t an operation that a special flight permit is designed to cover, since the permit focuses on the act of moving or testing the aircraft under restricted conditions rather than routine use or parking.