JAR PPL
The JAR-PPL is valid throughout the European Community and is the basic requirement for any advance or commercial licence.
The course consists of a minimum 45 hours of which 25 hours are dual and at least 10 hours are solo (of which 5hours must be cross country).
There are also 7 ground exams consisting of Aviation Law and Ops Procedures, Navigation and Radio Aids, Flight Performance and Planning, Communications, Meteorology, Human Performance and Limitations, Aircraft General and Principles of Flight.
In order to fly in the UK a G-registered aircraft, the student will be required to take the practical communications exam for the Flight Radio Telephony Operators Licence.
The student must pass a medical with an authorised examiner, and will require this before they go solo.
At the end of the course, a skills test will conducted by an examiner, not your usual instructor. The test is a consolidation of everything learned during training.