Flight Training

Cape Town Flight Training Centre offers various training programmes as well as other services. Make your selection below.

Ground School

Besides the physical skills involved in piloting an aircraft, extensive knowledge is required to understand everything from navigation to meteorology, aerodynamics, engine performance, the technology of aircraft design, physical limitations of human performance and aviation law.

We recommend that you undertake your practical flying training and ground school theory training concurrently so that the understanding developed in the classroom can be reinforced through practical experience in the cockpit.

PPL Ground School

CPL Ground School

Private Pilot Licence (PPL) Ground School

At CTFTC the PPL groundschool is held over the weekends and run on a cycle to accommodate our part-time students who attend school or work during the week. The lectures are held in spacious modern facilities equipped with state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment.

PPL GROUND SCHOOL COVERS THE FOLLOWING AREAS:

    • Aircraft Technical and General
    • Flight Planning and Performance
    • Navigation
    • Meteorology
    • Human Performance and Limitations
    • Restricted Radio Telephony Communication Course
  • Lectures are facilitated by our own dedicated instructors/lecturers on either a group or individual basis. Enrolment for individual subjects is available on request.

EXAMINATIONS

  • Cape Town Flight Training Centre is a South African Civil Aviation Authority (SA-CAA) approved examination centre. The PPL examinations are written ‘on-line’ using our computer-based Examination Management System in our modern, purpose-built examination room facility.
    • The Night Rating and Instructors Rating theory examinations can also be written at our facility.

Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) Ground School

The theoretical knowledge required to attain the Commercial Pilot Licence is built on the theory studied for the Private Pilot Licence and goes into much more depth.

You require a Private Pilot Licence to join the Commercial Pilot Licence Ground School. See Private Pilot Licence for requirements to become a pilot, duration of training and applications.

During the CPL Ground School our professional instructors/lecturers will not just prepare you for the examinations but also equip you with valuable information to aid you in your future flying career.

CPL GROUND SCHOOL COVERS THE FOLLOWING AREAS:

    • Aircraft Technical and General
    • Flight Planning and Performance
    • Navigation
    • Instruments and Electronics
    • Radio Aids and Communication
    • Meteorology
    • General Radio Telephony Communication Licence
    • Operational Procedures
  • Enrolment for individual subjects is available on request.

EXAMINATIONS

  • For information regarding the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SA-CAA) professional examinations please refer to CAR Part 61.07.3. Examination dates and entry fees are published in AIC 31.1.3 and may be viewed online at www.caa.co.za (Licensing & Examination tab).

Private Pilot Licence (PPL) Ground School

At CTFTC the PPL groundschool is held over the weekends and run on a cycle to accommodate our part-time students who attend school or work during the week. The lectures are held in spacious modern facilities equipped with state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment.

PPL GROUND SCHOOL COVERS THE FOLLOWING AREAS:

    • Aircraft Technical and General
    • Flight Planning and Performance
    • Navigation
    • Meteorology
    • Human Performance and Limitations
    • Restricted Radio Telephony Communication Course
  • Lectures are facilitated by our own dedicated instructors/lecturers on either a group or individual basis. Enrolment for individual subjects is available on request.

EXAMINATIONS

  • Cape Town Flight Training Centre is a South African Civil Aviation Authority (SA-CAA) approved examination centre. The PPL examinations are written ‘on-line’ using our computer-based Examination Management System in our modern, purpose-built examination room facility.
    • The Night Rating and Instructors Rating theory examinations can also be written at our facility.

Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) Ground School

At CTFTC the PPL groundschool is held over the weekends and run on a cycle to accommodate our part-time students who attend school or work during the week. The lectures are held in spacious modern facilities equipped with state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment.

CPL GROUND SCHOOL COVERS THE FOLLOWING AREAS:

    • Aircraft Technical and General
    • Flight Planning and Performance
    • Navigation
    • Instruments and Electronics
    • Radio Aids and Communication
    • Meteorology
    • General Radio Telephony Communication Licence
    • Operational Procedures
  • Enrolment for individual subjects is available on request.

EXAMINATIONS

  • For information regarding the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SA-CAA) professional examinations please refer to CAR Part 61.07.3. Examination dates and entry fees are published in AIC 31.1.3 and may be viewed online at www.caa.co.za (Licensing & Examination tab).