Private Pilot Licence - KwaZulu Natal - Close to Durban

Pietermaritzburg Flight Training Centre

The Private Pilot’s Licence can be used for recreational purposes or as the start to your professional flying career.

The minimum age for acquiring a PPL is 17 years old. There is no upper age limit providing that you are medically fit. In order to qualify for a PPL, it is mandatory that a Class two aviation medical examination is completed. As part of your enrolment procedure, we will aid in facilitating this.

Flight School - Pietermaritzburg - South Africa

Pietermaritzburg Flight Training Centre is conveniently situated at Pietermaritzburg aerodrome in the capital of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. The airport is one of the most desirable for flight training in the country due to its close proximity to both controlled & uncontrolled airspace, short distance to flight training area, and excellent instrument training facilities on site.

Private Pilot License - KwaZulu Natal - Close to Durban

Pietermaritzburg Flight Training Centre

The Private Pilot’s License can be used for recreational purposes or as the start to your professional flying career.

The minimum age for acquiring a PPL is 17 years old. There is no upper age limit providing that you are medically fit. In order to qualify for a PPL, it is mandatory that a Class two aviation medical examination is completed. As part of your enrolment procedure, we will aid in facilitating this.

The Private Pilot’s License course consists of a minimum of 45 hours of flight training and a theoretical knowledge course. Of the total of 45 hours, once you have reached the necessary flying standard, you will be allowed to complete 15 of those hours on your own! You will need a sound understanding of the English language and basic mathematics to be able to cope with the practical and theoretical demands of the course.

Multi Engine Rating - KwaZulu Natal - Close to Durban

Pietermaritzburg Flight Training Centre

The opportunity to be able to fly an advanced aircraft with systems more complex than many trainers, at twice the speed and altitude is extremely appealing to most aviators.

One can consider this course as either a perspective CPL candidate, wishing to enter the industry with a more advanced qualification, or a Private Pilot electing to further develop their flying abilities.

Night Rating - KwaZulu Natal - Close to Durban

Pietermaritzburg Flight Training Centre

For prospective students looking to start a professional flying career, a Commercial Pilot’s licence is necessary.

This will allow the candidate, once qualified, to act as pilot-in-command of an aircraft used in the commercial aviation sector and more specifically act for remuneration or reward.

The course perquisites are to have held a Private Pilot’s License including a Night Rating, and a valid Class one medical certificate. All candidates need insure that they are at least 18 years of age.

The course consists of a monitored and structured solo development program along with a comprehensive theory course. All candidates are required to write and pass a further eight theoretical knowledge examinations.

Instrument Rating - KwaZulu Natal - Close to Durban

Pietermaritzburg Flight Training Centre

Most perspective CPL’s elect to train towards their instrument rating at the same time as they are conducting their commercial training and in some cases elect to do so, on multi-engine aircraft. This more advanced and detailed qualification opens up far more employment opportunities to newly qualified pilots as well as makes them safer and more proficient in conducting the duties expected of them in the commercial sector of the industry.

Night Rating - KwaZulu Natal - Close to Durban

Pietermaritzburg Flight Training Centre

The Night Rating is an upgrade to your existing Private License that allows you to fly your aircraft at night but still under visual flight rules.

The course consists of five additional hours of basic instrument training beyond that required for your PPL as well as a minimum of five take-offs and landings by night and a night cross country of more than 150 nautical miles.

Getting Wings to Save The Rhino (The Witness Newspaper)

A KENYAN man who walked 100 km to look for a job in conservation is learning to fly so he can take to the skies to protect rhinos in his country.

John Pameri has methodically worked his way to the top without cutting corners.
“At the end of the day it was not about being a pilot. It was my love of wildlife that inspired me to become a pilot.