Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) An applicant for a private pilot licence with the powered - lift aircraft category rating must have at least 40 hours of aeronautical experience that includes:
(a) at least 35 hours of flight time as a pilot; and
(b) at least 30 hours of flight time as pilot of a powered - lift aircraft or helicopter; and
(c) at least 20 hours of flight time as pilot of a powered - lift aircraft; and
(d) at least 10 hours of solo flight time in a powered - lift aircraft; and
(e) at least 5 hours of solo cross - country flight time in a powered - lift aircraft; and
(f) at least 2 hours of dual instrument time; and
(g) at least one hour of dual instrument flight time in a powered - lift aircraft.
(2) Any of the required aeronautical experience that is not completed as flight time as a pilot must be completed as:
(a) simulated flight time in an approved flight simulation training device for the purpose; or
(b) tethered flight time.
(3) The cross - country flight time required by paragraph (1)(e) must include a flight of at least 150 nautical miles during which a full - stop landing is made at each of 2 landing areas, other than the one from which the flight began.