Colleges and Universities Offering Instrument Rating in Namibia

Institutions Offering Instrument Rating

•  Swakopmund Flying School, Swakopmund  
  An Instrument Rating (IR) is a pilot rating earned through intensive training focused on flying solely by reference to instruments. . An excellent example is flying in clouds, fog or haze. It is arguably one of the most valuable ratings you can add to your pilot license.
  
  The Instrument Rating is a vital component for both more advanced private and commercial flying opportunities. Accuracy standards and levels of the procedure are higher. Candidates are taught to deal with in-flight emergencies under instrument conditions.
  
  Instrument Rating requirements
  
  Practical:
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  Candidates must have:
  
  - a valid Private or Commercial Pilot License
  
  - Hold a general radiotelephony operator’s certificate
  
  - A minimum of 50 hours of cross-country flight time as PIC of which not less than 10 hours shall be in an actual aircraft
  
  The practical flying preparation consists of:
  
  - Minimum 40 hours instrument flying
  
  - 20 hours in a simulator
  
  - 20 hours in an aircraft
  
  - Practical flying skills test with a NCAA approved designated examiner
  
  Theory: (The pass mark 75%):
  
  - Human performance
  
  - Meteorology
  
  - Radio aids
  
  - Instruments
  
  - Navigation general & plotting
  
  - Air law and procedures
  
  - Flight planning
•  Desert Air Flight School, Windhoek  
  The instrument rating is optional for a PPL but will become essential if you plan on becoming a commercial or airline pilot.
  
  You may commence the instrument training course after completing the night rating and have completed the exams mentioned in the commercial pilot’s course as well as the Instrument rating exam.
  
  The practical section consists of 40 hours of flight training with sole reference to the aircraft instruments.
  
  Of these 40 hours, 20 hours can be done in an approved flight simulator while the following 20 must be done in the aircraft. The Instrument Rating test must be conducted by a Grade I Designated Flight Examiner (DFE).

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