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Do I need to be a BGI to start a website?

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I just got my private pilot license, and I would love to make a free website offering tips and other info to student pilots looking to achieve the same.

Do I need to become a certified BGI to put up a site like this? Or is that only required to do "official" teaching, like to a classroom? 

Thanks! 

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    Kris Kortokrax on Aug 26, 2016

    Anybody can have a website, just look at the internet.
    You are not necessarily teaching, you are sharing your experience.

    Anybody can attempt to teach anything with flying. The catch is that to use it to satisfy the requirements for a certificate or rating, it must be provided by an “authorized instructor”.

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  2. Mark Kolber on Sep 03, 2016

    Can’t resist: all you need is money and a desire to lose it.

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