What is a Private Pilots License?
The Private Pilots licence is the first level to attain before you will be able to pilot an aircraft with passengers but without being paid for it. It is for the most part for the private individual to fly for enjoyment and for the aspiring Commercial Pilot, the chance to build hours. The training program teaches the basic and most important principles and actions to power an aircraft into the sky and return it safely to the ground.
In the Private Pilots Licence course you, as the student, will be taught the principles of flight and the fundamentals of aircraft maneuvering from the moment of engine start up through the take-off and back down to the landing and ultimately to the engine shut down. Your instructor will guide you through all of the 19 practical exercises to become a proficient Private Pilot. You will also, after attaining the required Student Pilots Licence, be piloting the aircraft yourself into the sky to perform Solo circuits and cross country navigations.
A break-down of the exercises is shown below:
Exercise |
Description |
Exercise 1 |
Aircraft Familiarisation |
Exercise 1E |
Emergency Drills |
Exercise 2 |
Preparation for Flight |
Exercise 3 |
Air Experience |
Exercise 4 |
Effects of Controls |
Exercise 5 |
Taxing |
Exercise 5E |
Emergencies |
Exercise 6 |
Straight & Level |
Exercise 7 |
Climbing |
Exercise 8 |
Decending |
Exercise 9 |
Turning |
Exercise 10A |
Slow Flight |
Exercise 10B |
Stalling |
Exercise 11 |
Spin Avoidance |
Exercise 12 |
Take-off & Climb |
Exercise 13 |
Circuit & Landings |
Exercise 12/13E |
Emergencies |
Exercise 14 |
First Solo |
Exercise 15 |
Advanced Turning |
Exercise 16 |
Forced Landings |
Exercise 17 |
Precautionary Landing |
Exercise 18A |
Navigation |
Exercise 18B |
Navigation Problems |
Exercise 18C |
Radio Navigation |
Exercise 19 |
Basic Instrument Flight |
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What is a Student Pilots Licence?
This is part of the Private Pilots Licence, which allows the student the opportunity to pilot the aircraft themselves to build Solo hours and confidence. The requirements are briefly listed below:
- Must be 16 Years or Older
- Must have a Class 2 medical certificate
- Must have completed the ab initio flight training
- Ground Lectures in Air Law, Radio Telephony and Aircraft Engines and Airframes
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Where are we based?
Our Training Academy is based at Rand Airport on the South Eastern side of the Johannesburg CBD. Rand Airport has four runways that provide for little delay in taxing and getting airborne. Rand also has a control tower that provides the students with a professional and educational environment so they will be able to feel confident when they start to fly cross country’s to other airports that have control towers. Rand is also located close to the Control area of O.R. Thambo International airport and is within visible distance of the large commercial traffic passing close to Rand airports ATZ.
The General Flying Area, where the students learn the most of their flying experience, is less than twenty minutes from Rand. Our ground facilities include a large lecture room which is able to seat more than ten students per lecture and a ground briefing and pre-flight area that provides the students a place to relax and revise before getting airborne.
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What are the requirements?
In order to qualify for the South African Private Pilots Licence, you will need to be at least 17 years of age, a holder of a valid Student Pilots Licence and a holder of a class one or two medical certificate. A practical flight test needs to be conducted by a grade two flying instructor. The following are the MINIMUM requirements before undertaking the practical flight test:
- 45 Hours total time by the end of the course, the 45 hours must include:
- 25 Hours with an Instructor (Dual)
- 5 Hours Dual Instrument Flight Time
- 10 Hours as Pilot-in-Command (Solo)
- 5 Hours as Pilot-in-Command flying cross country
- Must have a Restricted Radio Telephony Licence
You have to pass seven computerized examinations at a CAA approved facility which shall include the following subjects:
- Air Law
- Engines and Airframes
- Meteorology
- Navigation
- Principles of Flight
- Human Performance
- Flight planning
Once you have completed all the above mentioned you shall be eligible to receive your Private Pilots Licence.
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What is the cost?
25 Dual Hours @ R 1455.00 per hour
15 Solo Hours @ R 1235.00 per hour 5 Instrument flying hours @ R 1455.00 per hour Total cost for flight training |
= R 36,375.00
= R 18,525.00 = R 7,275.00 = R 62,175.00 |
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Miscellaneous |
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PPL Kit including all the PPL Notes Exams English Proficiency Exam Ground School - 10 Briefings @ R 200 per briefing Medical class II Restricted Radio License CAA Fees PPL Ground Lectures Minimum Total cost for PPL |
= R 4,000.00 = R 1,540.00 = R 800.00 = R 2,000.00 = R 950.00 = R 750.00 = R 650.00 = R 4,500.00 = R 77,365.00 |
Terms: Due to practical consideration such as; weather, aircraft availability and serviceability, instructor availability and the progress of individual students, completion of any particular course may require more time and funding than specified in this quotation. The company reserves the right to terminate or suspend the flight training of any student at any time and will in such case, refund the student all funds in credit in that students account. Flight training shall not be conducted whilst in the possession of any weapons. |
