# Additional glider category rating course — private pilot certificate — FAA flight training hour minimums: Part 61 vs Part 141, by certificate and rating

For Additional glider category rating course, certificate or rating is Additional glider category rating course — private pilot certificate; part 141 minimum is 4 hours of flight training in a glider; part 141 appendix is Part 141 Appendix I, para. 4(i)(1), recorded from its source on 2026-08-18.

- **Certificate or rating:** Additional glider category rating course — private pilot certificate _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Part 141 minimum:** 4 hours of flight training in a glider _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Part 141 appendix:** Part 141 Appendix I, para. 4(i)(1) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> ( 1 ) For the private pilot certificate, the course requires 4 hours of flight training in a glider on the areas of operations under part 141, appendix B, paragraph 4(d)(6).

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-141

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2027-08-18.
Part of [FAA flight training hour minimums: Part 61 vs Part 141, by certificate and rating](https://referencesource.org/flight-training-hour-minimums-61-vs-141/).