Flying in Sao Paulo (Brazil)
 

I´m nearing the end of my training for my PPL and I was considering that I´d like to do a lot of flying in the Sao Paulo region when licensed (I spend a large portion of each year here). However, after searching PPrune and other flight sites I have been unable to yield any comprehensive information on private hire or what is needed in terms of license conversion.

If someone has practical experience of hiring/flying in this part of the world, I´d greatly appreciate some help with the following questions:

i) Any recommendation for a flying club? Is there a GA scene at GRU?
ii) What are the general costs of aircraft hire for say the usual SEP such as a C172 or Warrior?
iii) What is needed for issuance of a license in Brazil? Can one fly with the UK PPL?
iv) Are there any quirkies that I need to be aware of about flying in Brazil?

Thanks very much for any help with this!

Hi mate. This is the best I can come up with. Some good info on the site . If you do find more results could you please post them here for others to use in the future for searches etc.
Thanks and good luck,
Brl.

Hi BRL,

Thx for the reply, although your link seems to be missing! Ive just found on Google Groups a link to the Sao Paulo Aero Club (http://www.aeroclubesp.com.br)´, is this what you were referring to?

They seem to have a decent fleet of aircraft, some of which must be custom to Brazil only (made by Embraer?)?!:

PA28 - R$257 per hour
Aeroboero - R$194 per hour
Tupi - R$312 per hour
ArrowII - R$363 per hour
Decathalon 8 - R$307 per hour
Seneca - R$808 per hour

At the v. rough exchange rate of R$5 = 1GBP, those are decent prices!

So I seem to have answered some of my questions, although I´m none the wiser with regards to iii) and iv)! On my next visit to Sao Paulo I´ll check these guys out and see what further information they can provide me with.

A Brazilian friend has come up trumps and sent me pages with the links to the various flying clubs in Brazil:

http://www.cenipa.aer.mil.br/paginas...aeroclubes.htm

http://geocities.yahoo.com.br/aerinf/links.html

They seem to be comprehensive enough. Hope that this information is useful for future searches on PPrune :D

Hi there. Sorry about the missing link.!!! here it is, http://www.infraero.gov.br/
Thanks for posting the other links, much appreciated.
Good luck,
Brl.

I have also just found this thread South America. :ok: