thanks for the advice! much appreciated...

PPL in South Africa?
 

Hi Guys,

I'm considering taking a career break and one option would be to spend some time in SA. If I do my PPL out there am I valid to fly in the uk or do I have to take any other tests/validations to fly in the UK when I return?

Also any other advice on SA schools/safety/general stuff would be useful

Regards

Woodsey

Sa Ppl
 

Hi south african PPL is valid in the uk no need to validate in the uk.The best school i would advice you to go to is 43 air school,beyond no doubt it is in the top five flying schools in the world,i did my PPL and COMM lats year,exellent standards of aircrafts instructors,many UK airlines are sending their cadets there too,you can check them out on WWW.43airschool.com you will never regret The PPL should take at least 8 weeks

BEST OF LUCK

Try Progress Flight Academy in PE. Nicest part of country on the Garden Route and safer than jo'burg. School vgood seen lots of guys that went there all good pilots and never heard a bad word said abiut them.

Out of interest... 43 Air Scool in SA, Port Alfred, has the 2nd hightest flying hours of flight schools, IN THE WORLD

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I'm going to do my PPL in SA in April/May, have settled on doing it in Cape Town because we have family there and we're trying to keep the costs down.

It might be worth pointing out that there are rumours that the SA CAA is about to change the way (1st of May) in which the theory exams are delivered, which might mean having to wait up to 2 weeks to get your results if you're not taking them in Midrand (at the CAA as far as I'm aware). Google "New CAA PPL Exam System" which should come up with a SA based forum where this is being discussed. Understandably a lot of the schools are upset about this, and rightly so. (I'm hoping to squeeze all the exams in by the end of April)

One can only hope they realise the impact of this and come up with a more workable solution in good time.

SF78

PPL in South Africa?
 

A couple of points to remember about using a SA PPL in the UK. You can but if you want to fly a type (not a class) in the UK that is not in your log book, you have to have a check ride with an instructor with a SA rating. E.g if you have a C152 but not a C172, without a check ride, you can't fly the C172. In fairness you can't in SA either but life gets interesting when you want to fly say an unusual or PFA type.

At the moment only Irv Lee at Popham can do check rides in the UK and -oh yes - there's one other slight difficulty. If the type you want to convert on in the UK has no representative on the SA register, bad luck. I'm going through the mill right now and the SACAA tell me that they have no intention at present of changing this situation to be in line with JAR and FAA (which have class ratings on your licence).

Have a word with Irv Lee here......... :)

PPL ground exams:
The SA CA has decreed that SA PPL exams can only take place at 4 designated centres from May 1st: Midrand (near Joberg), Cape Town, Durban or Port Elizabeth. The 'industry' is onto it big time trying to stop the change, and may do so, with 'economic' arguments - it's a case of watch and see.
'type' ratings on PPLs. When I went there in November, there were strong rumours of a change away from 'types' to a weight limit system for SEP aircraft (like we had before JAR). The rumours even had a date - this coming summer - but again, it will happen if it happens, so 'types' it is until it isn't.

edit: ps: by 'summer' i meant 'UK summer' ie: june/july

which school is best in south africa?
 

i am a kenyan and i have got great interest in becoming a pilot. the only thing is that i have alot of confusion on which school to choose... the following schools are the ones i have in mind : cape flying services, progress flying school, 43 air school, flight training services. i have interests in these schools but the decision for me to choose is tough... i would really appreciate if anyone could help me give opinions about these schools.. thank you.

C.T.F.T.C
 

Try Cape Town Flight Training Centre

Findlay Smith is the man to contact

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