Flying in Africa

[abraxor]

Hi,

My manager is looking to fly from the north of Africa to the south, or vice versa. He does not have a licence, and we are wondering if a JAA PPL licence from the UK would be sufficient for the whole of Africa, and whether it would be best to buy a plane in the UK, or whether it would be more worthwhile to get a licence and buy a plane in South Africa.

We would be grateful for any information you can give us.

Thanks.

[Ricky]

On Jan 6, 9:37*am, abraxor > wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My manager is looking to fly from the north of Africa to the south, or
> vice versa. He does not have a licence, and we are wondering if a JAA
> PPL licence from the UK would be sufficient for the whole of Africa,
> and whether it would be best to buy a plane in the UK, or whether it
> would be more worthwhile to get a licence and buy a plane in South
> Africa.
>
> We would be grateful for any information you can give us.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> abraxor

Sounds like an airline would be much cheaper & less trouble.

Ricky

[Jon Woellhaf]

Yeah. And much less fun, too.

"Ricky" > wrote in message
...
On Jan 6, 9:37 am, abraxor > wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My manager is looking to fly from the north of Africa to the south, or
> vice versa. He does not have a licence, and we are wondering if a JAA
> PPL licence from the UK would be sufficient for the whole of Africa,
> and whether it would be best to buy a plane in the UK, or whether it
> would be more worthwhile to get a licence and buy a plane in South
> Africa.
>
> We would be grateful for any information you can give us.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> abraxor

Sounds like an airline would be much cheaper & less trouble.

Ricky

[Bertie the Bunyip[_24_]]

abraxor > wrote in
:

>
> Hi,
>
> My manager is looking to fly from the north of Africa to the south, or
> vice versa. He does not have a licence, and we are wondering if a JAA
> PPL licence from the UK would be sufficient for the whole of Africa,
> and whether it would be best to buy a plane in the UK, or whether it
> would be more worthwhile to get a licence and buy a plane in South
> Africa.

it would be OK for all of africa.

With the pound in the toilet, cheaper to buy on int he UK.

I wouldn't rate his chances of surviving the journey though.

Bertie

[abraxor]

He is planning on spending about a year doing it, landing in various countries, does he still only need a UK licence? I thought we might need to do a test in Africa too?

[[email protected]]

On Jan 6, 4:47*pm, Bertie the Bunyip > wrote:
> abraxor > wrote :
>
>
>
> > Hi,
>
> > My manager is looking to fly from the north of Africa to the south, or
> > vice versa. He does not have a licence, and we are wondering if a JAA
> > PPL licence from the UK would be sufficient for the whole of Africa,
> > and whether it would be best to buy a plane in the UK, or whether it
> > would be more worthwhile to get a licence and buy a plane in South
> > Africa.
>
> it would be OK for all of africa.
>
> With the pound in the toilet, cheaper to buy on int he UK.
>
> I wouldn't rate his chances of surviving the journey though.
>
> Bertie

Might save some time and trouble and start out from Somalia in a
Blackhawk.

[Sylvain]

abraxor wrote:

>
> He is planning on spending about a year doing it, landing in various
> countries, does he still only need a UK licence? I thought we might
> need to do a test in Africa too?

Your friend may want to join the yahoo group African Bush Pilots
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/african-bushpilots/) and start asking
questions on the mailing list; quite a few very knowledgeable folks there
who might save him a lot of time and trouble...

--Sylvain

[Bertie the Bunyip[_24_]]

abraxor > wrote in news:abraxor.3aa66e1
@aviationbanter.com:

>
> He is planning on spending about a year doing it, landing in various
> countries, does he still only need a UK licence? I thought we might
> need to do a test in Africa too?
>

No, he won't
Pretty much impossible to do wone there anyhow. A birt licence will legally
allow him to do it.
Lots to learn about flying there, though. What type of airpalne?


Bertie

[Bertie the Bunyip[_24_]]

wrote in
:

> On Jan 6, 4:47*pm, Bertie the Bunyip > wrote:
>> abraxor > wrote
>> innews:abraxor.3a969be
> @aviationbanter.com:
>>
>>
>>
>> > Hi,
>>
>> > My manager is looking to fly from the north of Africa to the south,
>> > or vice versa. He does not have a licence, and we are wondering if
>> > a JAA PPL licence from the UK would be sufficient for the whole of
>> > Africa, and whether it would be best to buy a plane in the UK, or
>> > whether it would be more worthwhile to get a licence and buy a
>> > plane in South Africa.
>>
>> it would be OK for all of africa.
>>
>> With the pound in the toilet, cheaper to buy on int he UK.
>>
>> I wouldn't rate his chances of surviving the journey though.
>>
>> Bertie
>
> Might save some time and trouble and start out from Somalia in a
> Blackhawk.
>

That'd be the easy way of course!

Bertie

[Mark]

On Jan 6, 5:47*pm, Bertie the Bunyip > wrote:
> abraxor > wrote :

> I wouldn't rate his chances of surviving the journey though.

> Bertie

Especially if he doesn't "mark his tires" with tiger urine.

--
Mark

[Bob Fry]

>>>>> "ab" == abraxor > writes:

ab> My manager is looking to fly from the north of Africa to the
ab> south, or vice versa. He does not have a licence

Maybe flying lessons?

--
Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.
~ Thomas Huxley

[Monk]

On Jan 6, 10:37*am, abraxor >
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My manager is looking to fly from the north of Africa to the south, or
> vice versa. He does not have a licence, and we are wondering if a JAA
> PPL licence from the UK would be sufficient for the whole of Africa,
> and whether it would be best to buy a plane in the UK, or whether it
> would be more worthwhile to get a licence and buy a plane in South
> Africa.
>
> We would be grateful for any information you can give us.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> abraxor

You can always lock yourself in an apartment an sim it first.

[Bertie the Bunyip[_24_]]

Mark > wrote in
:

> On Jan 6, 5:47*pm, Bertie the Bunyip > wrote:
>> abraxor > wrote
>> innews:abraxor.3a969be
> @aviationbanter.com:
>
>> I wouldn't rate his chances of surviving the journey though.
>
>> Bertie
>
> Especially if he doesn't "mark his tires" with tiger urine.
>


Mm, Ok


Bertie