Private Pilot License - PPL
The basic or the initial licence is called a PPL - Private Pilots Licence. This licence entitles the holder to exercise privileges as pilot in command of an aircraft which he is rated on (this basically means you can fly an aircraft for your personal use by yourself). The minimum age should be 17 years to hold a PPL. To obtain a Private Pilot License you should have to follow 3 steps: Firstly: Class 2 medical fitness, which can be done at a medical centre approved by CAA or DGCA. Secondly: You should under go a short ground school program and sit for the CAA / DGCA technical exams (mostly this will be a computer based MCQ type exam - covering 6 subjects). Thirdly: You need to complete a minimum of 40 hours of flying. Whereas, 10 hours should be solo flying (Flying the aircraft all alone). And the rest of the 30 hours can be dual. Out of that 10 hours of solo flying (PIC) 5 hours can be general handling and 5 hours should be cross country fl...