Private Pilot Licence (PPL)
The private pilot licence you can do as a licence on its own, or if you want to do the Commercial Licence, it will serve as the building blocks of the commercial pilot development.
The licence allows the qualified pilot to fly in fair weather conditions under visual flight rules within South Africa and across borders.
Training flights are done on type certified aircraft and after completion of this course, pilots may convert to different types of aircraft even multi-engines.
Requirements:
Firstly, you will need a student pilot licence, you need to be at least 16 years of age to obtain one and may test for the actual licence once you turn 17.
- Holder of a Student Pilot Licence (SPL)
- Holder of a Class 2 Medical Certificate
- Fluency in English
Flight training:
- 45 hrs total flight instruction training
- 30 hrs will be dual flight training
- 10 hrs solo flight training
- 5 hrs solo cross country training
The subjects are:
- Principles of Flight
- Aircraft Technical and General
- Aviation Legislation and operations
- Navigation
- Meteorology
- Flight Planning
- Human Performance and Limitations
- Restricted Radio course
The course duration is between 3-5 months when doing it full time.