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South African registered
aircraft ("ZS")
Anyone with a foreign license wanting to fly a South
African registered aircraft will unfortunately need to get their
licences validated. The only alternative would be to take a safety pilot
along, who then acts as PIC. We've teamed up with a local flying school
in the Johannesburg area to make this process as seamless as possible:
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We'll need a certified copy of your
pilot's licence, medical, English proficiency certificate and radio
licence (if seperate), last three pages of the logbook, passport, 2 colour
photographs (passport/ID size) and a completed
application form.
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You validation will be valid for a maximum period
of 60months, or date of expiry of your licence if sooner than 60
months.
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The validation is issued before your arrival,
with the following endorsement:
“For private day VFR
operations only, provided the holder first successfully completes
an appropriate South African Air Law examination and a flight test at an
approved ATO, with a Grade I or ll flight instructor”.
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The Air Law Examination.
This 25 question, multiple choice exam covers basic airlaw in SA. Decent preperation is required. The passmark is 75%.
We'll send you the book on SA air law so that you can review this
before arriving in SA.
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A practical flight test.
You must pass a flight test of about 2-3 hrs on the aircraft type
you wish to be validated on.
This is a basic test of your proficiency on that particular aircraft
type, and will include steep turns, stalls, forced landings, a
triangular cross country flight and other basic checks.
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A briefing / tutorial on local conditions.
You'll be briefed on the differences in airspaces and
terminology, and performance planning mainly with regards to density
altitude.
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On top of this you'll need to be rated on the
specific type of aircraft you wish to fly. This means at least 2hrs time
on type in your logbook.
In theory you could complete the flight test and air
law exam within a
day, however rather allow a minimum of two days for bad weather or other
unforeseen obstacles. The more time you have the
better, there is enough to do in and around Johannesburg and Cape Town once the
validation process is complete.
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