In article "BT" writes:
I'm sure he knows that just getting the ground launch endorsement alone does
not complete the BFR requirement.
Two endorsements, 61.31(j)(ii) and 61.56.

BIG SMILEY FACE ;^))
BT-CFIG

I thought so too, and your having the CFIG hints that you may have
some guidance from the FAA on this that is not clear in the rules.

61.31(j)(i) for ground launch [(ii) is for aerotow] refers to the
endorsement for the privilege of a specific launch type.

61.56(d) specifies that passing a proficiency check for an operating
privlege by an examiner, approved flight check airman, or US armed force,
would substitute for a flight review. If the person doing the training
and signing off for the privilege of winch launch was an examiner or
approved flight check airman, it would seem that this rule would apply.


Now, you are probably going to remind me that operating prvileges are
things added to sport pilots, similar to ratings for other certificates.
(A sport pilot adds an "operating privilege" instead of a "rating".)
This may be what they were thinking at the time those words were put in
the rule, but it doesn't appear to be a unique qualification, and is not
specifically what they said. If they had meant it only to be for sport
pilot operating privileges, they could have said that.


Now, realistically, the training can easily include the ground needed for
a flight review, and can be expected to include enough flights to pattern
altitude such that an instructor can easily work in the requirements for the
flight review as a separate log endorsement resulting from the same flights.


I have no idea which the original poster meant.


Alan