---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 61.115"
title: "14"
number: "61.115"
heading: "Balloon rating: Limitations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/61.115"
---

# §61.115. Balloon rating: Limitations.

- (a) If a person who applies for a private pilot certificate with a balloon rating takes a practical test in a balloon with an airborne heater:
  - (1) The pilot certificate will contain a limitation restricting the exercise of the privileges of that certificate to a balloon with an airborne heater; and
  - (2) The limitation may be removed when the person obtains the required aeronautical experience in a gas balloon and receives a logbook endorsement from an authorized instructor who attests to the person's accomplishment of the required aeronautical experience and ability to satisfactorily operate a gas balloon.
- (b) If a person who applies for a private pilot certificate with a balloon rating takes a practical test in a gas balloon:
  - (1) The pilot certificate will contain a limitation restricting the exercise of the privilege of that certificate to a gas balloon; and
  - (2) The limitation may be removed when the person obtains the required aeronautical experience in a balloon with an airborne heater and receives a logbook endorsement from an authorized instructor who attests to the person's accomplishment of the required aeronautical experience and ability to satisfactorily operate a balloon with an airborne heater.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 44701-44703, 44707, 44709-44711, 44729, 44903, 45102-45103, 45301-45302.

### Source

Source: Docket 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997, unless otherwise noted.