Any Rotorheads done the Tanzanian Air Law Exam?
Any Rotorheads done the Tanzanian Air Law Exam?
Looks like I may need to sit the Tanzanian Air Law exam soon. I just wondered if any of the other Rotorheads had done the same exam and what was involved. . 
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E African Air leg
It's a (long) while since I was there, but the E African Air Laws were originally the ANO (Overseas Territotories), and I believe when CAA left the rules remained the same. (Why reinvent the wheel?) So I would suspect that if you had a copy of that to read, learn and inwardly digest, you would be well prepared 
That's unless someone on Pprune knows differently.
Best of luck - VFR
That's unless someone on Pprune knows differently.
Best of luck - VFR
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Hey Helimutt!
So at last you get to know TCAA
The conversion is not only Air Law but also some African Meteorology, a type rating test and a check out flight. So much for the theory. In reality they don't have a type rating test for anything that is not a C-206, C-208 or not an airplane for that matter. If you're flying something that is rare (any type of helicopter) chances are they don't even have anyone to check you out on it either.
Therefore the usual process is: you take your exam (multiple choice, some 30 questions, ~one hour if I remember correctly), pass it, write the Director General a letter that states that there's no T/R test and that there's no one to check you out, they "pretend" to look into the regs, hope for a bribe and after a week you'll have your license
Important stuff to know:
- Dependancies of wavelenght and frequency
- Approx. ranges of wavelenght and frequencies (LF to UHF)
- Weather hazards around Kilimanjaro and Dar Es Salaam
- Time of both rain seasons
- Flight Planning (you won't even need an E-6b. Emphasis on emergency notification times)
- Documents to be carried aboard the aircraft (careful: it's multiple choice, but they forgot to give you any options to choose from!
)
You can find all regs as PDF at Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority. Read up on the AIP/AIC: most of the test is taken from contents of these two publications.
Important detail: to obtain your license without any delay you have to prove your ICAO english proficiency if you don't have it already. Go to CATS at DAR airport, Terminal 1 (entrance 30m left of the terminal entrance, 1st floor, left door). Ask for the kind old gentleman who's doing the english language test. You'll have a 15 minute chat with him about all the world and his wife followed by a 20 minute listening comprehension test with multiple choice answers. He'll send a letter with results to TCAA the same day. Unlike in Europe (351!) it's completely free, by the way
That's all I can remember out of my head right now.
You have PM.
So at last you get to know TCAA
The conversion is not only Air Law but also some African Meteorology, a type rating test and a check out flight. So much for the theory. In reality they don't have a type rating test for anything that is not a C-206, C-208 or not an airplane for that matter. If you're flying something that is rare (any type of helicopter) chances are they don't even have anyone to check you out on it either.
Therefore the usual process is: you take your exam (multiple choice, some 30 questions, ~one hour if I remember correctly), pass it, write the Director General a letter that states that there's no T/R test and that there's no one to check you out, they "pretend" to look into the regs, hope for a bribe and after a week you'll have your license
Important stuff to know:
- Dependancies of wavelenght and frequency
- Approx. ranges of wavelenght and frequencies (LF to UHF)
- Weather hazards around Kilimanjaro and Dar Es Salaam
- Time of both rain seasons
- Flight Planning (you won't even need an E-6b. Emphasis on emergency notification times)
- Documents to be carried aboard the aircraft (careful: it's multiple choice, but they forgot to give you any options to choose from!
)You can find all regs as PDF at Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority. Read up on the AIP/AIC: most of the test is taken from contents of these two publications.
Important detail: to obtain your license without any delay you have to prove your ICAO english proficiency if you don't have it already. Go to CATS at DAR airport, Terminal 1 (entrance 30m left of the terminal entrance, 1st floor, left door). Ask for the kind old gentleman who's doing the english language test. You'll have a 15 minute chat with him about all the world and his wife followed by a 20 minute listening comprehension test with multiple choice answers. He'll send a letter with results to TCAA the same day. Unlike in Europe (351!) it's completely free, by the way
That's all I can remember out of my head right now.
You have PM.
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Hawkeye,
thanks for the comprehensive overview.
Would you have any hint as who and where to start contacting TCAA for a CPL conversion? Would you just walk in the TCAA building and ask your way through or is an appointment preferred?
We tried e-mailing the officers named on the website but got no reply.
korni
thanks for the comprehensive overview.
Would you have any hint as who and where to start contacting TCAA for a CPL conversion? Would you just walk in the TCAA building and ask your way through or is an appointment preferred?
We tried e-mailing the officers named on the website but got no reply.
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Walk into the TCAA office in DAR. 2nd floor. Book your license conversion exam at least one week ahead. Exams are every Thursday at 9am. 205$USD.. and I mean USD, I tried paying in shillings and they wouldn't accept their own currency in a federal building....
