Private and recreational flying · Private-pilot course
Private Pilot License (PPL)
Blue Chip Flight School · Wonderboom Airport, Pretoria · South Africa
At a glance
- Training category
- Private and recreational flying
- Aircraft category
- Fixed-wing (aeroplane)
- Prepares for
- SACAA Private Pilot Licence (PPL)
- Jurisdiction
- South Africa
- Authority
- SACAA
- Training framework
- SACAA approved training organisation
- Training base
- Wonderboom Airport
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Schedule not stated
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- Dual and solo flying, classroom air briefings and basic instrument simulator training toward the PPL.
- Completion provides
- Preparation for the SACAA PPL.
- Still required
- 8 exams with 75% minimum pass mark (taken online at an accredited centre).
- Approval scope
- The source does not say how this course relates to the school's approval.
A course completion certificate is not necessarily a pilot licence or rating. The licensing authority issues licences and ratings after its own requirements are met.
Entry requirements
- Minimum age
- 17 (as published)
- Prerequisites
- South African citizen or holder of a study permit
- ICAO Level 4 English
- Valid student pilot licence
- Prior qualifications
- Not published
- Required experience
- Not published
- Language requirements
- English proficiency to ICAO Level 4
- Medical
- A Class II medical certificate is required.
Only an official aeromedical assessment can establish medical fitness. This site does not decide eligibility.
Duration and hours
These figures answer different questions and must not be read as one another. Weather, aircraft availability, student progress, examinations and scheduling all affect real completion time.
Regulatory minimum
Not recorded for this program.
Advertised package hours
- Dual: 25 h
- Solo: 15 h
- Ground: 20 h
- Simulator: 5 h
- Minimum 25 dual (incl. 5 cross-country), 15 solo (incl. 5 cross-country), about 20 hours classroom air briefings, 5 hours basic instrument simulator.
School-reported typical completion
6 months estimated
- Calendar duration
- The estimated time to obtain your Private Pilot Licence is 6 months.
- Intake / booking
- Not published
Training stages and assessments
Examinations and assessments
- Principles of Flight
- Air Law
- Human Performance
- Meteorology
- Aircraft Technical and General
- Flight Performance and Planning
- Navigation
Published prices
No price is published on the sources researched for this program. Use Request Information to ask the school.
- Deposit and cancellation
- Not published
Authority records for this school and base
Stated by the schoolSACAASACAA approved training organisationApproval
Reference: SACAA/1159/ATO
Scope not established from the source.
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