Private Pilot Certificate — weight-shift-control aircraft
For Private Pilot Certificate, authority is FAA (United States); provision is 14 CFR 61.109(j); requirement is total flight time; value is at least 40 hours of flight time, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.
- Authority
- FAA (United States) our reading
- Provision
- 14 CFR 61.109(j)
- Requirement
- total flight time our reading
- Value
- at least 40 hours of flight time 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
must log at least 40 hours of flight time that includes at least 20 hours of flight training with an authorized instructor and 10 hours of solo flight training 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