Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)RegulationsCivil Aviation Regulations, 2011Part 61 : Pilot LicensingSubpart 28 : Private Pilot Licence for Powered-Lift61.28.1 Requirements for PPL(PL) |
| (1) | An applicant for a PPL(PL) shall— |
| (a) | be 17 years of age or older; |
| (b) | hold a valid medical certificate, issued in terms of Part 67; |
| (c) | hold a restricted, or general radio telephony operator’s Certificate; |
| (d) | hold, as minimum, a valid SPL; |
| (e) | have successfully completed relevant training prescribed in Document SA-CATS 61; |
| (f) | have passed relevant theoretical knowledge examinations; |
| (g) | have passed skills test referred to in this Subpart; |
| (h) | have completed not less than 40 hours of flight time as a pilot of Powered-lift; |
| (i) | have received not less than 20 hours of dual instruction time in Powered-lift as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 61; and |
| (j) | have completed, in Powered-lift, not less than 10 hours of solo flight time, including 5 hours of solo cross-country flight time and at least one cross-country flight totaling not less than 150 NM in the course of which, full-stop landings at two different aerodromes shall be made. |
[Regulation 61.28.1 inserted by regulation 6(a) of Notice No. R. 3170, GG48228, dated 17 March 2023 (Twenty-Sixth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2023)]