Private and recreational flying · Private-pilot course
Private Pilot Licence (PPL)
Paramount Aviation Academy · Rand Airport, Germiston · 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
- Rand Airport
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Schedule not stated
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- PPL flying (45 hours fixed wing, 50 on helicopter) with theory exams at 75% pass mark.
- Completion provides
- Preparation for the PPL.
- Still required
- Not stated by the school. Check the authority's requirements.
- 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
- Student Pilot Licence, medical and excess insurance must be in place prior to the first flight.
- Prior qualifications
- Not published
- Required experience
- Not published
- Language requirements
- Not published
- Medical
- Students are declared medically fit by an approved aviation 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.
Advertised package hours
- Dual: 30 h
- Solo: 15 h
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
- Principles of Flight
- Air Law
- Meteorology
- Navigation
- Flight Planning and Performance
- Human Performance and Limitations
- Aircraft Technical and General
- Restricted Radio Telephony Certificate
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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