Eagle Flight Academy South Africa Entry Requirements

FLIGHT TRAINING

NATIONAL PILOTS LICENSE

1. Weight shift controlled microlight

Requirements

A student should be at least 16 years of age for a student pilot license and to go solo.
A student should be at least 17 years of age to be issued with a license
Hold a class 4 or higher medical license
Hold a valid student pilot license
Valid restricted radio certificate
Min of 10 Hrs dual flying
Min of 15 Hrs solo flying
Complete Exercise 1 to 19
Principals of Flight
Air Law
Aviation Meteorology
Engines, Airframes & Instruments
General Navigation
Human Performance
Pass a skill test on type

2. Conventional controlled microlight (up to 450kg)

Requirements

A student should be at least 16 years of age for a student pilot license and to go solo.
A student should be at least 17 years of age to be issued with a license
Hold a class 4 or higher medical license
Hold a valid student pilot license
Valid restricted radio certificate
Min of 10 Hrs dual flying
Min of 15 Hrs solo flying
Complete Exercise 1 to 19

Passed

3. Light sports aircraft (450kg-600kg)

Requirements

A student should be at least 16 years of age for a student pilot license and to go solo.
A student should be at least 17 years of age to be issued with a license
Hold a class 4 or higher medical license
Hold a valid student pilot license
Valid restricted radio certificate
Min of 20 Hrs dual flying
Min of 15 Hrs solo flying
Complete Exercise 1 to 19

Passed

PRIVATE PILOT LICENSE

Requirements

A student should be at least 16 years of age for a student pilot license and to go solo.
A student should be at least 17 years of age to be issued with a private pilot license.
Hold a class 2 or higher medical license.
Hold a valid student pilot license
Valid restricted radio certificate
Complete not less than 45 hrs flight time as pilot of an aeroplane

Total of 45 hrs must include

min of 25 Hrs dual flying ( includes min of 5 Hrs instrument instruction time)
min of 15 Hrs solo flying of which at least 5 hours are cross-country flight time; which must include at least one triangular cross-country of at lease 150 NM, on which at leastone point must not be less than 50NM from base and must include full-stop landings at two different aerodromes away from base;
a Maximum of 5 hours dual instruction may be in an approved FSTD
Complete Exercise 1 to 19

Passed

CONVERSIONS

At least one hour of dual flying (includes a minimum of three take-offs and landings)

NIGHT RATING

Requirements

Hold a valid pilot license
Passed theoretical exam
5 Hrs theoretical ground training
10 Hrs instrument time of which not more than 5 hrs may be done on a approved flight simulator
At least 5 take-offs and landings at night as pilot manipulating the controls of the aircraft under dual instruction
At least one dual cross country at night
Passed skill test

COMMERCIAL PILOT LICENSE

Requirements

Passed

Aircraft technical and general
Air Law and Flight operations
Aviation Meteorology
Instruments and Electronics
Navigation
Human Performance
Radio Aids and Communication
Flight Planning and Performance
200 Hrs of flight time which may include 20 hrs of flight instruction time in a approved flight simulator training device

Total of 200 hrs must include

100 hrs as pilot in command
20 hrs of cross country as pilot in command
5 hrs of night flying as pilot in command
20 hrs of instrument instruction time ( max of 10 hrs on approved flight simulator)
At least 5 hrs instruction in an aeroplane with adjustable flaps, retractable undercarriage and variable pith propeller or turbojet engine
Passed a skill test

INSTRUMENT RATING

Requirements

Student should hold a valid pilot license
A valid night rating
A valid class one medical
A valid general radio license
50 hrs cross country flight time as pilot in command
40 hrs instrument flight training under instruction of which 20 hrs may be in an approved flight simulator training device
Passed a skill test

SIMULATOR TRAINING

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MULTI ENGINE TRAINING

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INSTRUCTORS RATING

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