JAR PRIVATE PILOT'S LICENCE (PPL)

This licence is recognised worldwide and can be the starting point to a career in commercial aviation. Additional ratings can be added to enable flight at night and in more challenging weather. A JAR CAA Class 2 medical standard is required. Licence issue requires a minimum of 45 hours flight training time, 10 hours of which must be solo, completion of the seven written ground exams, a practical radio telephony test and a successful final flight skills test.

UK NATIONAL PRIVATE PILOT'S LICENCE (NPPL)

The NPPL has been introduced to encourage the popularity of recreational flying in the UK, during daylight hours and within sight of the ground. There are a reduced number of hours required for licence issue. The flying medical can be conducted by your own doctor. Licence issue requires 32 hours minimum flight training time, 10 of which is solo, passes in the 7 ground exams and practical radio telephony test, and successful completion of separate navigation and general handling flight tests. 

NIGHT QUALIFICATION

When added to your PPL licence it allows flight beyond dusk. The qualification requires 5 hours flying at night including dual and solo cross country and 5 solo take offs and landings. There is no test.

INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS RATING (IMC)
Increase your skills and reduce your weather limitations. Be able to fly in the clouds and conduct instrument approaches to land. The rating requires 15 hours flying training, a ground exam and final flight test.

Experience a different type of flying and operate into and out of small unlicensed airfields.

Consists of 5 hours training in enhanced navigation techniques using VOR, ADF, DME and VDF. This 5 hours can be used towards an IMC rating should the student wish to go further.

This course has been designed to increase the enjoyment, participation and confidence in flying for those that regularly accompany private pilots. The course gives the student 8 hours of training in basic light aircraft handling, and use of the radio to make a safe landing.

A fun thing to do. Try sitting in the right hand seat, with an instructor in the left hand seat. See how hard it is to fly with the "wrong" hands on the throttle and control column when trying to land.

Gain more confidence and land at an international airport, mixing with the heavy jets with one of our instructors.

GROUND SCHOOL
Ground school is offered to individual students or in small groups to assist with study for the theoretical knowledge ground exams.

REVALIDATIONS AND RENEWALS
If your licence or rating is lapsed or is soon to expire then please enquire to arrange a check flight with one of our instructors and a flight test with our examiner. We can accommodate PPL, NPPL, IMC and Instrument Ratings (IR) for Single Engine Piston Land (SEPL) in our Cessna 172 or your own aircraft.


FLYING SCHOOL SHOP

Our small shop always has in stock all items needed for flying                     including  charts, books, checklists, headsets  and a range of Flying School clothing.  Any other items required not in stock can be  ordered for next day delivery. Customers are entitled to a 5% discount when shopping online with Pooleys.com by quoting the reference: MSHFT