# PPL(H) — Pilot licence minimum hours, age and prerequisites by civil aviation authority

For PPL(H), authority is EASA (European Union); provision is FCL.210.H(a)(3); requirement is total flight time; value is 35 of the 45 hours of flight instruction have to be completed on the same type of helicopter as the one used for the skill test, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Authority:** EASA (European Union) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Provision:** FCL.210.H(a)(3)
- **Requirement:** total flight time _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Value:** 35 of the 45 hours of flight instruction have to be completed on the same type of helicopter as the one used for the skill test _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 35 of the 45 hours of flight instruction have to be completed on the same type of helicopter as the one used for the skill test

## Source

- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32011R1178

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