Private and recreational flying · Private-pilot course
Private Pilot Licence (PPL)
Excellentia Airline Academy (Aeronav Academy / Skyhawk Aviation) · 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
- Base not specified by the source
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Schedule not stated
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- Essential knowledge and skills to fly an aeroplane safely, with ground school and seven theory exams.
- Completion provides
- Preparation for the SACAA PPL; licence issued by the authority.
- Still required
- Seven theory exams listed on the page; practical flight test not detailed.
- 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
- ICAO English Language Proficiency
- Prior qualifications
- Not published
- Required experience
- Not published
- Language requirements
- ICAO English Language Proficiency
- Medical
- SA Aviation Medical Class 2, Class 1 recommended if CPL is considered
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
45 h flight time
Page states minimum 45 flight hours including 15 solo.
Advertised package hours
- Solo: 15 h
School-reported typical completion
Duration 11 weeks.
- Calendar duration
- Duration 11 weeks.
- Intake / booking
- Not published
Training stages and assessments
Examinations and assessments
- Navigation
- Meteorology
- Principles of flight
- Engines, Airframes and Instruments (ATG)
- Air Law
- Flight Planning
- Human Performance
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/1147/ATO, SACAA/1637/ATO (Skyhawk Aviation Ltd); SACAA/1110/ATO (Aeronav Academy Ltd)
Scope not established from the source.
A record for the school does not necessarily cover this specific course; the scope is shown where the source states it.