BALLOON PILOT TRAINING
Westline Aviation is located at the New Tempe airport in Bloemfontein where they offer fixed wing and helicopter pilot training. Drakensberg Ballooning Pty Ltd has been flying as a commercial operation for the last 6 years. We operate under Westline aviation Air service license N235D. Drakensberg Ballooning offers Balloon Pilot training in Winterton and is done under Westline aviation ATO CAA0038
Our permanent base is in Winterton where we experience ideal flying conditions. We are 3500ft above sea level and situated outside controlled air space. The base is 25km from the Drakensberg escarpment which lies at 10000ft. Winterton is 150 km from Pietermaritzburg.
Drakensberg ballooning operates six balloons. The three smaller balloons are used for training :
- HCY – Cameron C80
- HGE – Cameron N90
- HYC – Thunder and Colt 105A
- HAA – Thunder and Colt 160
- HZF – Cameron A210
- HAR – Cameron Z315
We have accommodation available on site
Our second Ground School was presented in October 2016.
Our equipment is all serviced by Flamboyant Balloons
Contact Details :
David P. MacGregor
Email : info@drakensbergballooning.com
Tel : 082 352 5516
Cameron C80 
Cameron N90 
Thunder & Colt 105A 
Thunder & Colt 160 
Cameron A210 
Cameron Z315