FAA Pilot requirements

Add-on Private Helicopter (PPH)

Eligibility requirement

a) Be at least 17 years old.
b) Be able to read, speak, write and understand the English language.
c) Hold a third class medical certificate.
d) Hold at least a private pilot license (fixed-wing)
e) Pass the oral and practical exam.

Aeronautical experience

30 hours total flight time.

" 20 hours flight training (dual)
including : 3 hours cross-country.
3 hours of night flight (with one cross-country over 50
nautical miles).
3 hours flight training within 60 days before check-ride.

" 10 hours solo
including : 3 hours X-country (over 75 nautical miles total distance
with landings at a minimum of three points, and one
segment of the flight must be at least 25 nautical miles).

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