FAR 61.109 – Private Pilot Helicopter
40 hours total flight time, including:
The 20 hours of dual instruction in a helicopter must include:
The 10 hours of solo flight time in a helicopter must include:
FAR 61.65 – Helicopter Instrument Rating
50 hours of cross-country flight time as pilot in command, of which 10 hours must have been in a helicopter.
40 hours of actual or simulated instrument time in the areas of operation listed under paragraph (c) of this section, of which 15 hours must have been with an authorized instructor who holds an instrument-helicopter rating, and the instrument time includes:
(i) Three hours of instrument flight training from an authorized instructor in a helicopter that is appropriate to the instrument-helicopter rating within 2 calendar months before the date of the practical test; and
(ii) Instrument flight training on cross country flight procedures, including one cross country flight in a helicopter with an authorized instructor that is performed under instrument flight rules and a flight plan has been filed with an air traffic control facility, and involves:
(A) A flight of 100 nautical miles along airways or by directed routing from an air traffic control facility;
(B) An instrument approach at each airport; and
(C) Three different kinds of approaches with the use of navigation systems.
FAR 61.129 – Commercial Pilot Helicopter
A person who applies for a commercial pilot certificate with a rotorcraft category and helicopter class rating must log at least 150 hours of flight time as a pilot that consists of at least:
100 hours in powered aircraft, of which 50 hours must be in helicopters.
100 hours of pilot-in-command flight time, which includes at least:
20 hours of training on the areas of operation listed in §61.127(b)(3) that includes at least:
10 hours of solo flight in a helicopter on the areas of operation listed in §61.127(b)(3) which includes at least:
FAR 61.183 – Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) and Certified Flight Instructor Instrument (CFII)
There are no hour requirements for certified flight instructor (CFI) past a commercial or airline transport pilot rating. Basically, you must be at least a commercial helicopter pilot, pass the appropriate written tests, and complete a check ride. The same is true for CFII, with the exception that the applicant must already hold a helicopter instrument rating.
Physical Address:
Vertical Advantage Helicopters
2460 Greentree Rd.
Lebanon, OH 45036
Phone:
(513) 746-7994
Coordinates:
39° 27′ 44″ N, 84° 15′ 7″ W