PPL Retrieval

Private Pilot License

Getting your PPL

Would you like to fly in a rented or your own plane? Wings over Holland’s PPL (Private Pilot License) course offers you the training and experience you need.

Learn to fly at our flight school, get your own pilot’s license and travel the world in a single-engine plane.

If you want to expand your PPL (twin-engine flying) or go further and learn to fly professionally then this is your first step.

Preset Requirements

  • Minimum 16 years of age
  • Minimum of 17 before exam start

Course Requirements

  • Minimum 45-hour flight
    • Minimum of 10 hours of solo flying
      • 5 hours of overland flight (including 1 flight
        at least 270 km with a landing at 2 different airports than departure)
    • A minimum of 35 hours of DBO flying (dual control instruction)

Getting PPL at Wings over Holland

DV20 PPL Pilot's License

This training at flight school Wings over Holland combines practical flying with the necessary theoretical knowledge to prepare you for flying in the Netherlands, Europe and many other places.

To obtain your PPL and learn to fly, there are minimum requirements needed to successfully complete the course.

For example, a minimum number of hours must be flown, special theory courses must be taken and a medical examination must also take place to finally get your pilot’s license.

Total Flying

45 HOURS

DBO Flies

35 HOURS

Solo Flying

10 HOURS

*This is the minimum required approach

PPL Theory

In addition to learning to fly, of course, you must also take the necessary theory classes to obtain your PPL. These courses are as follows:

  • Aviation Regulations and Operating Procedures.
  • Navigation
  • Meteorology
  • General Knowledge Aircraft and Fundamentals of Flying
  • Performance and Flight Planning
  • Human Performance and Flight Planning
  • Communication (Theory and Practice).

You can learn these subjects through self-study, an external course(PPL Brain Wash) or by computer. In addition, you will also take a Radiotelephony Course and an English Language Test: Language Proficiency Endorsement at ATC-Comm.

Medical Examination

No pilot can fly and obtain his PPL without being medically examined since good health is an important requirement in aviation.

At Wings over Holland, we recommend that you get your Class II Medical Examination at Aeglia. This medical center is at Lelystad Airport so is nearby for anyone who wants to get their pilot’s license with us.

Cost of training

45 hours of flying lessons on the DV-20 at € 250 per hour
Examination fees (examiner)
Exam flight +/- 1,5 hours DV-20 at € 250,- per hour € 11.250,-
€ 250,-
€ 375,-

Total €11,875.

The prices listed above do not include landing fees, including VAT. The above practice program is the minimum required approach. Person-dependent, more training may be required. Keep in mind that in addition to the practical, you will incur costs for the theoretical part of the PPL training.

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Continuing Education Private Pilot License

A PPL allows you to fly all over the world provided it is during daylight and the weather is at least reasonably good so you can fly by sight. Would you like to expand your pilot’s license and also fly in the evening and at night or be able to fly in bad weather? If so, we offer the necessary advanced training.

Flight Instructor

After obtaining your pilot’s license, begin training as a flight instructor.

Night Rating

With this expansion, you will learn how to fly during the evening and night.

Aerobatic Rating

Learn Aerobatics/Stunt Flying in one of our Aerobatic aircraft.

Multi Engine Piston

Learn to fly in a twin-engine plane with this extension to Wings over Holland.

Instrument Rating

Learn to fly an aircraft based on its instruments and not by sight.

The first step toward a Pilot’s License?