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Whether you plan on flying purely for pleasure or a career, you have to start at the beginning.

The Private Pilot Licence is where your adventure in aviation starts.

Once in possession of your Private Pilot Licence:

• You are permitted to carry passengers
• Fly for business
• Fly for pleasure
• Personal transportation
   

If your ultimate goal is to become a professional pilot, you will have to obtain a Commercial Pilot Licence. The starting point however, remains the Private Pilot Licence.

What are the requirements for a PPL?

Medical:

You must be declared medically fit by an aviation qualified medical examiner. Any normal healthy person should be able to pass the medical fitness test.

Legal Requirements:

• Be at least 17 years of age in order to go solo
• Complete 25 hours of dual flight training
• Complete 15 hours of solo flight time of which 3 hours shall be solo cross country
• Complete the following theoretical exams:
   - Air Law
   - Meteorology
   - Navigation
   - Radio Telephony Procedures
   - Engines, Airframes and Instruments
   - Principles of Flight
   - Pass a flight test consisting of general handling  and a navigation test
   - Have completed a restricted radio course (this is part of your PPL course) 
   

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