Night Rating

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The Night Rating course will build on the skills you learnt training for your PPL and adapt them for use in the hours of darkness. It is also necessary for the award of a Commercial Pilot Licence.

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Once issued you can fly with or without passengers and enjoy the generally smoother and less windy conditions that prevail at night.

Night flying is demanding, in that you are robbed of all the usual visual clues available in daylight. Your instructor will guide you through the handling issues that result and the various human performance, air law and technical aspects of flight at night.

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Before starting the night rating you will need to have a PPL, with a valid Single-Engine Piston (Land) rating and your medical should have no restrictions regarding night flying.

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Training requirements:

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The flight training course consists of at least 5 hours of flight time, in the appropriate aircraft category at night including:

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• (a) At least 3 hours of dual instruction, including at least 1 hour of cross-country navigation with at least 1 dual cross-country flight of at least 50km

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• (b) 5 solo take-offs and 5 solo full stop landings

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• There is no theory examination for the rating

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