VFR Night Rating
A night rating may be applied to a Private Pilot License and allows a VFR pilot to fly at night with visual reference to the earth’s surface.
Minimum Training Requirements:
- The student must hold a private pilot license.
- A minimum 20 hours of training including,
- 5 hours dual night flying
- 5 hour solo night flying
- 10 hours of dual instrument training.
Any dual instrument time that you have previously acquired, such as 5 hours from the Private Pilot course, can be credited towards the 10 instrument hour requirement. The night rating endorsement does not involve a written test or flight test. Recommendation for the rating is made by a qualified flight instructor.
VFR Over the Top Rating
A VFR Over the TOP (OTT) rating may be applied to a Private Pilot License and allows a VFR pilot to fly with visual reference to a layer of cloud instead of the earth’s surface.
Minimum Training Requirements:
- The student must hold a private pilot license.
- A minimum of 15 hours of dual instruction of which 5 hours may be taken in a simulator
- A recommendation for an OTT rating is made by a qualified flight instructor. No flight or written test is required.
Instrument (IFR) Rating
An IFR rating applied to a Private Pilot License permits the pilot to fly with reference to instruments.
Minimum Training Requirements:
- A minimum of 50 hours of cross country flight as a Pilot in Command
- A minimum of 40* hours of instrument time including,
- 5 hours dual instrument time
- 15 hours instrument time with an instructor or an experience pilot with an instrument rating
- one dual cross country instrument flight of at least 100 nm with approaches to minimums at two different locations
The applicant must obtain not less than 70% in the Transport Canada IFR written examination.
*A maximum of 20 hours of instrument time may be in a Transport Canada certified training simulator. The Smiths Falls Training Unit has an Elite PRO simulator certified by Transport Canada. See Training “Intro & Info” for current rates.
Instructor Rating
Apart from completing the appropriate training for the instructor rating candidates must have:
- a minimum of 200 hours total time
- 20 hours instrument time
- commercial flying licence
Smiths Falls Flying Club
102 Van Exan Drive
PO Box 4, Smiths Falls
Ontario, Canada, K7A 4S9