Private Pilot Certificate — glider
For Private Pilot Certificate, authority is FAA (United States); provision is 14 CFR 61.109(f)(2); requirement is total flight time; value is at least 3 hours of flight time in a glider; condition is If the applicant has logged at least 40 hours of flight time in a heavier-than-air aircraft, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.
- Authority
- FAA (United States) our reading
- Provision
- 14 CFR 61.109(f)(2)
- Requirement
- total flight time our reading
- Value
- at least 3 hours of flight time in a glider verified
- Condition
- If the applicant has logged at least 40 hours of flight time in a heavier-than-air aircraft verified
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
If the applicant has logged at least 40 hours of flight time in a heavier-than-air aircraft , the applicant must log at least 3 hours of flight time in a glider in the areas of operation listed in
— law.cornell.edu, retrieved 2026-08-10
Source
- law.cornell.eduhttps://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/14/61.109