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Good day
I have my PPL and night rating ,I’m not really sure how many PIC time I have ,My logbook is at my flight school.I live in johannesburg I do my training at rand airport

Bit of a thread drift here but I strongly suggest(if you want to make a career out of it) you get an electronic logbook going as well. Saves you a lot of time in the long run with applications and logbook summaries.

Thanks for the tip

I would also recommend doing as much of your hour building at night as you will require 100 hours PIC or co-pilot night time for your ATP.

These hours can be tricky to get in the beginning of one's career.

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Yes you would need to do a convex and have it added to your license in order to fly PIC
What are you currently flying?

Mid 2023 there was about a 200 rand difference per hour between a sling 2 and a c172


I never used them but Kroon airfield at one point had a Savanah which was for hire and fly

Currently I fly PIC on the PA28A and c172

Hi My advise is try using these hour building hours wisely , try getting the best value ,so some nice LONG cross country's , night flying , tailwheel rating , etc etc , again my2c

Noted. Any places I could look into for a tailwheel rating ?

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Smaller airfields and NTCA aircraft are generally lower cost than Piper/Cessna.
Check Panorama, Springs, Rhino Park etc..
Also check the diesel C172 think there are some at Rand.

My 2c is to enjoy the hour building and get some diverse experience vs rushing through it, eg. Landing on dirt/grass strips, narrow, wide, trip down to the coast.
(Take an instructor with if you if are unsure or new to something, i.e grass strip)

100 hours of PIC is plenty time to learn bad behaviors so make sure you keep up the standards or the Instrument rating becomes a challenge

Good day .I checked Panorama, Springs & rhino park so far and their rates we're more or less around the same rate at my school .I’m curious on the NTCA aircraft ,would I need to do a conversion and I’ve been surfing the web trying to look for NTCA aircraft that offer hour building around JHB I haven’t been lucky .

Thanks for the insight

Hi

JFA have Sling2 and a Sling4 , yes rating required , maybe consider doing your tailwheel rating , good experience .Consider flying from smaller fields (panorama etc ) you will be exposed to many like mined pilots and again good experience ( unmanned joining etc ) mt 2c

Good day ,which one would be better for not only hour building purposes but also for the long run to do a conversion to a sling 2 /4 or get a tailwheel rating or both of these are the same thing ?

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I did my tailwheel rating at JFA - not sure if they still have the bushcat there. Was more worthwhile than I can describe!
I and still hire and fly one of their Sling 2's from time to time. even if the rates were on a par with a C172 (which they aren't) I'd choose a modern sling over a C172 every time.