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Additional lighter-than-air category and a hot air balloon class rating course — private pilot certificate

For Additional lighter-than-air category and a hot air balloon class rating course, certificate or rating is Additional lighter-than-air category and a hot air balloon class rating course — private pilot certificate; part 141 minimum is eight hours of flight training that includes 5 training flights; part 141 appendix is Part 141 Appendix I, para. 4(g)(1), recorded from its source on 2026-08-18.

Certificate or rating
Additional lighter-than-air category and a hot air balloon class rating course — private pilot certificate our reading
Part 141 minimum
eight hours of flight training that includes 5 training flights verified
Part 141 appendix
Part 141 Appendix I, para. 4(g)(1) our reading
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What the source says

( 1 ) For the private pilot certificate, the course requires eight hours of flight training that includes 5 training flights on the areas of operations under part 141, appendix B, paragraph 4(d)(8).

ecfr.gov, retrieved 2026-08-18

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