PRE – COURSE REQUIREMENTS
AGE
You must be a minimum of 17 years old to obtain your private pilot’s licence (you may start training from the age of 14 and solo at 16). In order to solo you must have a Class 2 Medical.
MEDICAL
In order to fly solo and complete your PPL you must obtain a Class 2 Medical. This can be done by any UK CAA approved Aeromedical Examiner (AME). To find an AME near you, use the CAA medical examiner database.
FLYING
SYLLABUS
The syllabus covers 19 exercises over 45 hours. The exercises will include: aircraft handling, approach and landing, navigation and a skills test preparation lesson.
The course can be broken down as general handling, circuits (takeoff and landings) and cross country navigation.
TRAINING
Each lesson will start with a brief and an aircraft inspection before flying. Every maneuvere will be demonstrated by an instructor before allowing yourself to take the controls!
FLYING SOLO
The first time that you go solo will be something that you will cherish for the rest of your life! Putting all the training and studying into practice and proving that you can fly a plane by yourself!
Our instructors will never send you solo before you’re ready, so enjoy this moment.
WHAT THE COURSE ALSO INVOLVES
THEORY EXAMS
To complete the Licence 9 multiple choice exams must be completed in the following subjects:
- Air Law (to be passed before your first solo)
- Operational Procedures
- Meteorology
- Navigation
- Flight Performance & Planning
- Aircraft General Knowledge
- Principles of Flight
- Human Performance
- Radio Telephony
The pass mark is 75%
RADIO PRACTICAL EXAM
In order to use radio transmitting equipment you are required to take a practical radio exam. This will test your radio telephony knowledge and allow you to communicate with other traffic and air traffic control units.
WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR LICENCE
You will be training for a Private Pilot Licence with ‘a single engine piston (SEP) class rating’. This entitles you to fly aircraft within that class up to a maximum take-off weight of 5700kg, for private and recreational purposes only.
With this license you can fly in 2, 4 or even 6 seater aircraft. So why not fly friends to the Scilly Isles for lunch, or family to Paris for a weekend break! The possibilities are endless!