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Ballard Friends 
Ballard Aviation offers every possible rating from private pilot to airline transport. We Specialize in advanced ratings including Flight Instructor rating. We also offer Multi-Engine ratings. Checkrides and FAA testing is done on site. Ballard aviation is a one stop shop!
Private Pilot Aeronautical Experience
40 hours total flight time
20 hours of dual training
10 hours of solo flight
3 hours of dual cross-country flight training
3 hours of dual night flight training
One night dual cross-country flight of over 100 nautical miles total distance
10 night takeoffs and 10 night landings to a full stop with each landing involving a flight in the traffic pattern at an airport.
3 hours of flight training on the control and maneuvering of an airplane solely by reference to instruments, including straight and level flight, constant airspeed climbs and descents, turns to a heading, recovery from unusual flight attitudes, radio communications and the use of navigation systems/facilities and radar services appropriate to instrument flight;
3 hours of flight training in preparation for the practical test, which must have been performed within 60 days preceding the date of the test
At least 5 hours of solo cross-country flight
One solo cross-country flight of at least 150 nautical miles total distance, with full-stop landings at a minimum of three points, and one segment of the flight consisting of a straight-line distance of at least 50 nautical miles between the takeoff and landing locations.
Three solo takeoffs and three landings to a full stop with each landing involving a flight in the traffic pattern at an airport with an operating control tower.
BETWEEN PRIVATE AND INSTRUMENT, 50 HOURS OF CROSS COUNTRY MUST BE COMPLETED
Instrument Aeronautical experience
A person who applies for an instrument rating must have logged the following:
At least 50 hours of cross-country flight time as pilot in command, of which at least 10 hours must be in airplanes for an instrument-airplane rating; and
A total of 40 hours of actual or simulated instrument time on the areas of operation of this section, to include-
At least 15 hours of instrument flight training from an authorized instructor in the aircraft category for which the instrument rating is sought;
At least 3 hours of instrument training that is appropriate to the instrument rating sought from an authorized instructor in preparation for the practical test within the 60 days preceding the date of the test;
For an instrument-airplane rating, instrument training on cross- country flight procedures specific to airplanes that includes at least one cross-country flight in an airplane that is performed under IFR, and consists of-
(A) A distance of at least 250 nautical miles along airways or ATC-directed routing;
(B) An instrument approach at each airport; and
(C) Three different kinds of approaches with the use of navigation systems;
Use of flight simulators or flight training devices. If the instrument training was provided by an authorized instructor in a flight simulator or flight training device-
A maximum of 30 hours may be performed in that flight simulator or flight training device if the training was accomplished in accordance with Far part 142; or
A maximum of 20 hours may be performed in that flight simulator or flight training device if the training was not accomplished in accordance with Far part 142 .
Commercial Aeronautical experience
For an airplane single-engine rating. A person who applies for a commercial pilot certificate with an airplane category and single-engine class rating must log at least 250 hours of flight time as a pilot that consists of at least:
100 hours in powered aircraft, of which 50 hours must be in airplanes.
100 hours of pilot-in-command flight time, this includes at least-
50 hours in airplanes; and
50 hours in cross-country flight of which at least 10 hours must be in airplanes.
20 hours of training on the areas of operation listed in §61.127(b) (1) of this part that includes at least-
10 hours of instrument training of which at least 5 hours must be in a single-engine airplane;
10 hours of training in an airplane that has a retractable landing gear, flaps, and a controllable pitch propeller, or is turbine-powered, or for an applicant seeking a single-engine seaplane rating, 10 hours of training in a seaplane that has flaps and a controllable pitch propeller;
One cross-country flight of at least 2 hours in a single-engine airplane in day VFR conditions, consisting of a total straight-line distance of more than 100 nautical miles from the original point of departure;
One cross-country flight of at least 2 hours in a single-engine airplane in night VFR conditions, consisting of a total straight-line distance of more than 100 nautical miles from the original point of departure; and
3 hours in a single-engine airplane in preparation for the practical test within the 60-day period preceding the date of the test.
10 hours of solo flight in a single-engine airplane on the areas of operation listed in §61.127(b) (1) of this part, which includes at least-
One cross-country flight of not less than 300 nautical miles total distance, with landings at a minimum of three points, one of which is a straight-line distance of at least 250 nautical miles from the original departure point. However, if this requirement is being met in Hawaii, the longest segment need only have a straight-line distance of at least 150 nautical miles; and
5 hours in night VFR conditions with 10 takeoffs and 10 landings (with each landing involving a flight in the traffic pattern at an airport with an operating control tower.
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