Private and recreational flying · Private-pilot course
Private Pilots Licence
Otago Aero Club · Otago Aero Club, Mosgiel, Mosgiel · New Zealand
At a glance
- Training category
- Private and recreational flying
- Aircraft category
- Fixed-wing (aeroplane)
- Prepares for
- Private Pilot Licence (PPL) – New Zealand
- Jurisdiction
- New Zealand
- Authority
- CAA NZ
- Training framework
- Not stated
- Training base
- Otago Aero Club, Mosgiel
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Schedule not stated
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- Training towards the PPL including advanced cross-country navigation, handling manoeuvres, passenger handling, emergency training and local traffic experience.
- Completion provides
- Preparation for the PPL; licence issue requires six theory exams, 50 hours and a practical flight test
- Still required
- Six aviation theory examinations and practical flight test
- 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
- No prior qualifications required
- To fly solo: at least 16 years and DL9 with Passenger Endorsement medical or Class 2 aviation medical certificate
- Licence issue: at least 17 years
- Prior qualifications
- Not published
- Required experience
- Not published
- Language requirements
- Not published
- Medical
- Hold a DL9 with Passenger Endorsement medical or a Class 2 aviation medical certificate
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
50 h flight time
50 hours minimum flight time for licence issue as stated by the club
Advertised package hours
Not published.
School-reported typical completion
Not published. No typical completion time is estimated here.
- Calendar duration
- Not published
- Intake / booking
- Not published
Training stages and assessments
Examinations and assessments
- Flight Radiotelephony
- Human Factors
- Aviation Air Law
- Meteorology
- Navigation and Flight Planning
- Aircraft Technical Knowledge
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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