Private and recreational flying · Private-pilot course
Private Pilot Licence (PPL)
Progress Flight Academy · Progress Aerodrome, Gqeberha · 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
- Progress Aerodrome
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Full-time
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- Twelve-week PPL: ground school in the first nine weeks and flight training in Piper Warrior; seven online exams plus radiotelephony and flight tests.
- Completion provides
- Preparation for the SACAA PPL.
- Still required
- Seven theory exams, radiotelephony written and practical, General Flight Test and Navigation 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
- Valid Flight Crew medical certificate
- Prior qualifications
- Not published
- Required experience
- Not published
- Language requirements
- Not published
- Medical
- a valid Flight Crew 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
45 h flight time
Page cites CAR Part 61: minimum 45 hours, at least 15 solo.
Advertised package hours
- Flight: 53 h
- Course includes 53 hours in a Piper Warrior; extra hours charged at prevailing rate.
School-reported typical completion
Not published. No typical completion time is estimated here.
- Calendar duration
- duration is twelve weeks
- Intake / booking
- Courses start every six weeks.
Training stages and assessments
Stages
- Ground school (first nine weeks)
- Flight training
Examinations and assessments
- Seven single-subject online exams
- Radiotelephony written and practical
- General Flight Test
- Navigation Flight Test
Published prices
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- Deposit and cancellation
- Not published
Authority records for this school and base
Stated by the schoolSACAASACAA approved training organisationApproval
Reference: SACAA/1505/ATO
Scope not established from the source.
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