| If you have decided to pursue your private pilot license, | | | | 17 years old to receive a license. There are slight |
| here are the requirements. The 5 main components | | | | variations in private pilot requirements between |
| are | | | | different countries. Mainly they concern the number of |
| - English Competency | | | | flight training hours required. You may obtain your |
| - Medical Fitness | | | | general aviation knowledge by different means but the |
| - Age | | | | most common method is to attend ground school. This |
| - General Aviation Knowledge | | | | training culminates in the written exam. This is a multiple |
| - Flight Competency | | | | choice exam which is timed and in different sections. |
| Since the language agreed upon for communication at | | | | You do not need to pass all sections at once. If you |
| airports around the world is English, you must be able | | | | are a slow reader, you should consider investing in test |
| to speak, read and understand English. Even if you | | | | practice software which can time your test taking |
| have a good background in reading English make an | | | | speed and present you with questions from the actual |
| effort at improving your spoken English skills if this is | | | | FAA question pool so they will already be familiar |
| not your native language. The time when you will most | | | | when you sit for the exam. |
| need this skill is in an emergency and you don't want to | | | | The last one of the private pilot requirements is flight |
| struggle with your language skills when you are | | | | training. In the United States a minimum of 40 flight |
| already dealing with a difficult situation. | | | | hours are required, 20 of which need to be with a |
| You must get a medical certificate from a FAA | | | | FAA certified instructor. |
| authorized medical aviation examiner and be at least | | | | |