BALLOON AND AIRSHIP PILOTS BALLOON AND AIRSHIP PILOTS
United Kingdom
Minimum age – 17 years
No maximum period of validity
Privileges:
Subject to paragraph (2), the holder of a Private Pilot’s Licence (Balloons and Airships) is entitled to fly as pilot-in-command of any type of balloon or airship on which the holder is so qualified and which is specified in an aircraft rating in the licence and co-pilot of any type of balloon or airship specified in such a rating.
The holder may not—
fly a balloon or airship for the purpose of commercial air transport or aerial work, other than aerial work which consists of the giving of instruction in flying or testing in a club environment;
receive any remuneration for services as a pilot on a flight other than remuneration for the giving of such instruction or the conducting of such flying tests as are specified in sub-paragraph (a); or
fly a balloon unless the holder has within the immediately preceding 13 months carried out as pilot-in-command in a free balloon five flights each of not less than five minutes duration.