The Joint Aviation Requirements Private Pilots Licence Aeroplanes (JAR PPL A)
You can begin learning to fly at any age. Only training hours completed after your 14th birthday can, however, be credited toward your total training requirement of 45 hours as pilot of an aeroplane.
The minimum age for solo flight is 16 (provided that you have undertaken and passed a medical examination by an approved Aviation Medical Examiner). Once you are 17 years old you will be able to apply for your licence if you have satisfied all the training and examination requirements. These are:
- 45 hours total as pilot of an aeroplane (5 hours of which may be completed in an approved procedural trainer or simulator)
- 25 hours dual instruction on aeroplanes
- 10 hours supervised solo flight time to include:
5 hours solo cross country flight time to include one cross-country flight of at least 270km (150nm), during which full stop landings at two different aerodromes which must in turn be different from the aerodrome of departure.
- A skill test with an approved examiner.
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In addition to the practical flying training and tests you will be required to pass examinations in the following subjects:
1. Aviation Law & Operational Procedures
2. Human Performance & Limitations
3. Navigation & Radio Aids
4. Meteorology
5. Aircraft (General) & Principles of Flight
6. Flight Performance & Planning
7. JAR-FCL Communications (PPL)
The National Private Pilots Licence (NPPL)
The licence has been specifically designed to meet the requirements of the recreational flyer and is easier to obtain than the standard JAR-PPL. Medically, this devolution means changing from an aviation medical examination system, using a network of specially qualified doctors, to a declaration of medical fitness by you, the pilot. To validate this declaration, and to prevent concealment of disease, it has to be endorsed by a doctor with access to your medical records, your General Practitioner (GP).
The age requirements are similar to PPL i.e. you must be at least 16 years old to fly solo and 17 years old to apply for the licence.
The actual training requirements for NPPL are somewhat less than the PPL and are as follows:
- 32 hours total as pilot of an aeroplane.
- 22 hours dual instruction to include 1 hour instrument appreciation
- 10 hours solo flight time (to include 4 hours solo cross-country flight time and one cross-country flight in the course of which full stop landings at two aerodromes other than the aerodrome of departure).
- Navigation Skill Test (NST) (minimum of 1 hour duration and to be taken prior to undertaking the qualifying solo cross-country flight detailed above).
- General Skill Test (GST) minimum of 1 hour duration. To be taken when all other aspects of training and examination have been satisfied.
The theoretical test requirements for the NPPL are as for the PPL at present.
The
above is a simplified summary and for full details please visit the CAA
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