Company Name: Lanseria Flight Centre Telephone: Fax: Cell Phone: Email: infoflylfc.com Website:
Course Title: Private Pilot Licence
Learning to fly:
Whether you plan on flying purely for pleasure or a career, you have to start at the beginning. The Private Pilot Licence is where your adventure in aviation starts.
Once in possession of your Private Pilot Licence:
You are permitted to carry passengers
Fly for business
Fly for pleasure
Personal transportation
If your ultimate goal is to become a professional pilot, you will have to obtain a Commercial Pilot Licence. The starting point however, remains the Private Pilot Licence.
What are the requirements for a PPL?
Medical: You must be declared medically fit by an aviation qualified medical examiner. Any normal healthy person should be able to pass the medical fitness test.
Legal Requirements:
Be at least 17 years of age in order to go solo
Complete 25 hours of dual flight training
Complete 15 hours of solo flight time of which 3 hours shall be solo cross country
Complete the following theoretical exams:
Air Law
Meteorology
Navigation
Radio Telephony Procedures
Engines, Airframes and Instruments
Principles of Flight
Pass a flight test consisting of general handling and a navigation test
Have completed a restricted radio course (this is part of your PPL course)
General:
What happens when I arrive at Lanseria Flight Centre?
After enrolling at LFC, students will have a medical assessment booked and will receive a PPL Ground School kit
The course is structured in such a manner that all reference material is available to students enabling accurate preparation for lessons
Each student is assigned a specific instructor to guide them through the course
Each two hour time slot allows for a pre-flight brief and a de-brief after each flight.
Additional lecture subjects include: meteorology, navigation, engine and airframes
Training Aircraft: Currently all our ab-initio is conducted on a Cessna C172 Skyhawk
Private Pilot Licence Quotation
6 – 8 Weeks
Dual
hrs
Solo
hrs
Total
hrs
Medical examination carried out by SA Doctor
Student and Private Pilot Licence fee
Chest X-rays (est.)
2 Passport photos
40* hours of flight training on C172 (25 dual, 15 solo)
Private pilot lectures and courses
(aircraft technical, principles of flight, air law, meteorology, navigation)
Landing Fees - calculated as you fly
PRIVATE PILOT Licence
25
15
40
*UK Students: In order to comply with the UK UK JAA PPL, LFC offer a 45 hour PPL course, the additional 5 hours may be completed on either the simulator or Cessna 172. On return to the UK, the student will need to complete a UK JAA PPL exams and flight test. By prior arrangement, the UK JAA PPL exams and flight test can be completed with our UK DE here in South Africa.