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The PPL(A) course is a minimum of 40hrs of flight instruction however a lot of students often finish the course exceeding this minimum requirement. On average, if we assume you fly once a week, the PPL(A) course could take up to 1 year to complete.
In addition to the flying requirements, you also have to complete 9 ground examinations, a radio practical exam and a final skills test.
You can start your PPL(A) course at any age. We recommend students are no younger than 15 years of age.
Part of the PPL(A) course requires you to fly the aircraft solo, to do this part of the course you must be a minimum of 16 years of age.
The minimum age for you to be issued with a licence is 17.
In order to fly the aircraft solo and to complete your PPL(A) course you must have a minimum of a class 2 medical carried out by a CAA registered AME.
We do have an on-site CAA AME who can do your medical review.
A list of AME's and their locations can be found on the CAA website.
The main equipment you will need, also included in the Starter Equipment Kit, is as follows:
Additional equipment you may need:
We have equipment available in our flight school that you may rent, however, it is highly recommended that you purchase your own equipment to ensure you always have it available.
If you have never been in a light aircraft before, we recommend booking a trial lesson or experience flight with us. These flights offer a good overview of what flying is all about and would give you a good idea if it is something you would like to pursue in the future.
There are a total of 9 written ground examinations and one radio oral examination.
The written ground exams (which are all multiple choice) are as follows:
The PPL(A) textbooks can be found in our shop and are also included in the PPL(A) starter kit.
In additon to self study and our E-Learning system, our instructors are always happy to give you additional ground instruction upon request and at the current ground instruction rate.
Your logged flying hours do not expire.
The ground examinations, however, do have an expiry time of 18 months.
If, after you have completed your first ground exam, you do not finish the rest of the exams in the following 18 monhts, you will have to retake them all for them to be valid.
Your PPL(A) will remain valid for 2 years from the date of your final skills test.
After those two years, you will have to renew your licence either by experience or by completing a skills review conducted by a CAA examiner.
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