# Private Pilot Certificate — powered parachute — Pilot licence minimum hours, age and prerequisites by civil aviation authority

For Private Pilot Certificate, authority is FAA (United States); provision is 14 CFR 61.109(i)(4); requirement is solo flight time; value is Three hours of solo flight time in a powered parachute, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Authority:** FAA (United States) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Provision:** 14 CFR 61.109(i)(4)
- **Requirement:** solo flight time _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Value:** Three hours of solo flight time in a powered parachute _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Three hours of solo flight time in a powered parachute , consisting of at least

## Source

- https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/14/61.109

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-08-10.
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