Student Pilot License✈️

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Here's the requirements to get your Student Pilot License and starting your journey!

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Updated on Wednesday,17/04/2024 at 10:42 a.m

Student Pilot License

The first step in gaining any Pilots License is the Student Pilot License. This license is majorly used for training purposes. This license can also be used to gain the required hours to be qualify a pilot to renew their license in case their other license e.g. PPL, CPL or ATPL has expired.

Requirements for application of an SPL

To be eligible for issue of Student Pilot License, an applicant shall;

Be at least sixteen years of age;

Able to demonstrate the ability to read, speak, write, and understand the English language;

Be in possession of a valid Class 2 Medical Certificate.

Application Requirements

Fully Completed SPL application form (Form M-PEL001) ;

Submit two passport size photographs - full face (size: 2cm by 2.5cm);

Present a photo Identification Card or Passport, or Birth Certificate and a photocopy of the same to be left at the PEL office.

Payment of the prescribed fees (Kshs. 1,000)

Renewal of Student Pilot’s License requirements

Upon expiration of a Student Pilot license, the applicant may apply for renewal.

Completed application form for Issue, re-issue and renewal of the SPL (Form M-PEL001)

The original Student Pilot License on which the renewal is appended. If it is full, issue a second Student Pilot License following the same procedure as for initial issue.

A valid Class 2 medical certificate;

Paid the prescribed fees for the License (Kshs. 1,000)

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For Private Pilot License(PPL), you have to complete at least 45 flight hours. These are split as follows: At least 25 hours with a flight instructor. At least 10 hours solo, under the supervision of a flight instructor.

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Here’s how you become a private pilot:

Ensure you fulfill the eligibility requirements

Obtain your medical certificate (third-class, at a minimum)

Join a pilot training program or find a flight instructor

Complete your ground school or home-study course

Pass your private pilot written test

Get through your flight training and earn the required endorsements

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COMMERCIAL PILOT LICENSE

This is to let you know what is involved in gaining a CPL

What is a Commercial Pilot License?

A Commercial Pilot License (C.P.L.) is obtained once a pilot has successfully flown and logged at least

200 hours. These hours include those ones were flown in P.P.L. so in retrospect, only an additional

160 hours are gained from the previous 40 hours gained in P.P.L.

A C.P.L. is very important for those who are seeking to look at aviation as a career option because by

Kenyan Aviation Law, it is mandatory for every employed pilot to have a Kenyan Issued Commercial

Pilot License.

What is needed to obtain a C.P.L.?

Ground school classes are mandatory in gaining the theory that is needed in obtaining a C.P.L. There

will be a set of subjects that are mandatory in the study of this license. We will provide access to

mock papers that will help gauge ones understanding of the course content. All these will be includ-

ed in our Commercial Ground School package.

Once the hours for the C.P.L. have been flown and the

ground school exams have been passed. The student is then ready for the flight exam. This is usually

a cross country exam that includes Night flying, basic procedures and all that they have learnt since

P.P.L.

Medical requirements

It is mandatory that a second medical is done once after the flight exam has been completed. This is

a more comprehensive examination that will be done annually. This is called a class 1 Medical. The

medical costs are 13,000Kshs (130USD).

Conversion Courses

It is mandatory that a second medical is done once after the flight exam has been completed. This is

a more comprehensive examination that will be done annually. This is called a class 1 Medical. The

medical costs are 13,000Kshs (130USD).

Multi-Engine IR

It is mandatory that a second medical is done once after the flight exam has been completed. This is

a more comprehensive examination that will be done annually. This is called a class 1 Medical. The

medical costs are 13,000Kshs (130USD)

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