PPL looking to build cheaper hours - JHB

[SupaFly]

Good morning

This is my first post on the microlighters forum.

I have tried without success to convince a fixed wing owner to let me hire and fly at reasonable rates, with extremely limited success on a Cessna 152(still hardly affordable).

I stay in Fairland, JHB and have a PPL with 70 hrs under my belt and find it increasingly difficult to afford flying. I work at Denel Aviation next to OR Thambo.

Anyone close with a safe and affordable aircraft I can get some PPL hours on, please let me know

Last ditch, otherwise I might just give up on the PPL route and go MPL or Gyro direct.

Thanks

[Morph]

As a ppl pilot I am sure you can build hours on a 3-axis MPL registered microlight such as a bush baby or a cheetah You would just need to do a conversion. RV4ker would be the best guy to ask re this.

Give one of the training schools a call. Their details are available here
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[SupaFly]

Thanks Morph

I have been looking at the training schools but don't know the airfields as well as I do the large airports. Can you suggest any good ones close to me?

[Morph]

do you want close to home or close to work?

[SupaFly]

Both please.

If close to home I will only be able to fly weekends.

If close to work I will only be able to fly early mornings and late afternoons, but more regularly.

[Morph]

The JHB guys can answer this one better than I can

[RV4ker (RIP)]

I would keen PPL. With new part 61 it may be worth something in future and will be difficult to get back. You can fly any of the 3 axis jobs with PPL. Just get convex with PPL instructor (which may be a problem in some cases) or do a convex to MPL (I did in 5hrs) and fly on both MPL and PPL. Painful but can be done.

Close to Oli Tambo
Try Petit (Andy Casperson). He runs a school there and they had a couple 3 axis jobs. Telephone 011 965 0764 Cellular Andy : 082 651 7317 Email Andy :andyk@intekom.co.za http://www.microlightadventures.co.za/directions.htm
Also try Alexi at Cheetah Factory. They may have a demonstrator available?
Baps, Sr and Microland may also be options?

Closer to Home
Flo M comes to mind? Cel. 082 666 two thousand
Can also try Armand at Eagles Creek?

PS
Can fly anything (3axis) on PPL. I am told only certain hrs "count", but I have yet to have that confirmed? Many guys are doing Comm hrs on Jab's, Cheetah's etc.

PPS
I know the guys at FASI have a Motor Falke (35hp VW type motor glider). It is a slow go nowhere fast type, but if you can land that you can land anything. Costs (Full price) <R250/hr... Excellent trainer and hour builder. Try Paul S or Russel Dold from EAA. I think they both have a share in it.

PPPS
Cubby may become available from FABB during next year as soon as I have "paid" off the maintenance in hrs...

[RV4ker (RIP)]

If CAA weren't so full of it, I would buy the Smith Termite and the Windlass for R28K & Sue S's Air creation Racer for hire and fly, but I am told no H&F unless approved designs?

How does the H&F market work (If at all) I have seen very few ML's (3 axis or trike) available for H&F. Why is this? Comments from guy's H&F would be appreciated. Are these aeries insured or are they flown at risk?

[LarryMcG]

Not legal to hire and fly, at all, in our aircraft.

Only way to get past this, is to sign the aircraft out for training, through a scoool, maybe advanced training if you already have a lic.

LM

[RV4ker (RIP)]

That what I been told. Sad as I think it would intro more guys to the sport and there would be some lekka hangar talk.

I am trying to find out how to go about getting a Part 96 license, but CAA is chaos so not holding my breath....

PS
I dream of having Avis of the air. (A come try and fly before you buy type setup with Trikes, 3 axis and obviously a couple RV's all to hire and fly at will). Problem is CAA and 3rd party legal liability. They have made some ground on this in USA and I can only hope that CAA follow suit once sport pilot license comes along.

[Thunderboy]

Crosswinds hiore and fly a Thunderbird that is registered for PPL Hr building. It is based in Tarlton just outside Krugersdorp.
You will have to do a check flight and a conversion with their own instructor. Some PPL's have taken up to 7hrs to get used to the lighter aerie getting their feet to be more busy busy for the rudder.

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