Company Name: Cape Town Flight Training Centre Telephone: Fax: Cell Phone: Email: infocape-town-flying.co.za Website:
Course Title: The Instrument Rating
In order to be able to fly in conditions not suitable for visually-managed flight (VF), the pilot needs to be in possession of an Instrument Rating for instrument-managed flying (IF).
The Prospective students must:
Be in possession of a valid PPL.
Have completed the Night Rating course.
Obtain a General Radio operators license. (Course provided).
Pass the CAA prescribed theoretical examinations (6).
Have accumulated a minimum of 100 hours as pilot-in-command (PIC)(of which 50 hours must be cross-country experience and a further 40 hours of instrument flying (IF) of which 20 may be undertaken on CAA-approved flight simulators).
Pass a practical flight test with a CAA examiner.
Renewal of the instrument rating requires maintaining a valid pilots license by passing an annual flight test.