Private and recreational flying · Private-pilot course
Private Pilot Licence (PPL)
Lanseria Flight Centre (LFC) · Grand Central Airport, Midrand · 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
- Grand Central Airport
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Schedule not stated
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- Ab-initio flying and ground tuition toward the PPL, with the restricted radio course included.
- Completion provides
- Preparation for the SACAA PPL flight test and written exams.
- Still required
- Flight test of general handling and navigation; SACAA theory exams.
- 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
- English Proficiency level 4 and above
- Prior qualifications
- Not published
- Required experience
- Not published
- Language requirements
- Not published
- Medical
- You must be declared medically fit by an aviation qualified medical examiner.
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
- Flight: 45 h
- Dual: 25 h
- Solo: 15 h
- Page: minimum 45 total hours, 25 dual, 15 solo incl. 5 solo cross-country. Minimum age 17 applies to going solo.
School-reported typical completion
Not published. No typical completion time is estimated here.
- Calendar duration
- Duration 3-4 months
- Intake / booking
- Not published
Training stages and assessments
Examinations and assessments
- Air Law
- Meteorology
- Navigation
- Radio Telephony Procedures
- Aircraft Technical and General
- Principles of Flight
- Flight Planning and Performance
- Human Performance
Published prices
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- Deposit and cancellation
- Not published
Authority records for this school and base
No authority record has been researched yet.
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