A P 3 IR A PR CR 1 IC A G E FT E S, , YOUR COMPLE TE GUI DE C CO S O U N R TA S C ES TO UK AND OVERSEAS UK clubs TS , and schools Choose your region, county and read down for the page number FLYING CLUBS Bedfordshire . 34 Berkshire . 38 Buckinghamshire . 39 Cambridgeshire . 35 Cheshire . 51 Cornwall . 44 AND SCHOOLS Co Durham . 53 Cumbria . 51 Derbyshire . 48 elcome to your new-look Devon . 44 Dorset . 45 Where To Fly Guide listing for Essex . 35 2009. Whatever your reason Gloucestershire . 46 Wfor flying, this is the place to Hampshire . 40 Herefordshire . 48 start. We’ve made it easier to find a Lochs and Hertfordshire . 37 school and club by colour coding mountains in Isle of Wight . 40 regions and then listing by county – Scotland Kent . 40 Grampian Lancashire . 52 simply use the map opposite to find PAGE 55 Highlands Leicestershire . 48 the page number that corresponds Lincolnshire . 48 to you. Clubs and schools from Greater London . 42 Merseyside . 53 abroad are also listed. Flying rates Tayside Norfolk . 38 are quoted by the hour and we asked Northamptonshire . 49 Northumberland . 54 the schools to include fuel, VAT and base Fife Nottinghamshire . 49 landing fees unless indicated. Central Hills and Dales Oxfordshire . 42 Also listed are courses, specialist training Lothian of the Shropshire . 50 and PPL ratings – everything you could North East Somerset . 47 Strathclyde Staffordshire . 50 Borders want from flying in 2009 is here! PAGE 53 Suffolk . 38 Surrey . 42 Dumfries Northumberland Sussex . 43 The luscious & Galloway Warwickshire . 50 green of Tyne Donegal Derry & Wear West Midlands . 51 Ireland Antrim Wiltshire . 47 Durham Yorkshire . 54 PAGE 57 Tyrone Cumbria Cleveland Lakes and hills Scotland . 55 Fer ma h in the North n M g Down Wales . 57 a a L g o e h n West North Yorkshire m Channel Islands . 44 it a r Sligo r g i A m h Isle of Man . 53 a PAGE 51 n Cavan L Northern Ireland . 57 Mayo R ou o t Scenic Lancashire West Humberside s d h c r o fo Northern Yorkshire m g on Meath Greater m L Ireland South o Manchester n n Westmeath i Mersey e l Yorkshire r Galway i b D Lots to see PAGE 57 h u -side e r s Offaly e D b in the ar y m Lincolnshire ld Cheshire s a i Clwyd h h K S i Midlands Gwynedd t r g a e n Laois f i Wicklow fo t r t Clare ds o PAGE 48 Stunning h N i re Norfolk K Carlow scenery in Leicestershire i l Shropshire C k am e Wales Tipperary n W. Midlands br Limerick n id y Wexford ts g n es PAGE 57 Powys ha h Warwickshire rt ire Suffolk rd Hereford o Flatlands terfo & Worcester N Beds Kerry Wa Dyfed of the Cork O s x k East fo c Essex Gloucester- r u rts d B He Gwent shire sh W. Glam i PAGE 34 M. Glam re Greater S. Glam Berkshire London Avon Wiltshire Surrey Kent Australia . 58 Hampshire Flying Canada . 58 Somerset West East Cyprus . 59 Sussex Sussex schools France . 59 Devon Dorset Malta . 59 abroad New Zealand . 59 Cornwall Norway . 60 Soar over Eleven other the South countries to South Africa . 60 Beautiful Spain . 61 coastlines East choose from South West Sweden . 62 PAGE 38 USA . 62 PAGE 44 Ireland . 57 From the Publishers of + Where to Fly Guide 2009 33 Training Solo Training Night/IMC Solo SLA100 Executive (1) £104 £104 PA-28-181 (1) £152 £157 £132 EV97 Eurostar 1) £104 £104 The east of the PA-32R-300 (1) £215 £220 £190 Own aircraft (reduced fee) £68 £38 PA-34-200T (1) £310 £320 £280 Discount packages available. Trial flights and gift country has good Socata TB-10 (1) £152 £157 £132 vouchers. Ground tuition £19 per hour. access to open Ground tuition: negotiable—rates depend on airspace and with course/license/rating required. ‘Friendly, efficient training with good social life linked to 49 flying clubs and very active club.’ schools it’s a great ‘Flight and ground training to high standard.’ place to learn Patriot Aviation Flyteam Aviation Ltd Cranfield Cabair College of Air Training (Part of the Disley Aviation Group) Tel: 01234 752220 Fax: 01234 752221 BEDFORDSHIRE Cranfield Cranfield (also at Elstree, Hertfordshire) E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 01234 751243 Fax: 01234 751363 Tel: 01234 757728 Fax: 0208 207 1001 Web: www.patriot.uk.com E-mail: [email protected] or E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Web: www.flyteam.com PPL(H), Night, type ratings, re-validations. Web: www.cabair.com Members: 75. No fees. PPL(A), Night, IMC, MEP, Safety pilot. QHIs: 1 full-time, 6 part-time. Students: 30. PPL/IR, Assistant Instructor/Instructor, CPL, CPL/IR, ATPL, Members: 300. Full: £171. Temp: £24.50 month. Training Solo CPL(H), CPL(H)/IR. FIs: 2 full-time, 4 part-time. Students: 25. Robinson R22 (2) £259 £207 No membership fees. Instructors: Fixed-wing 25, Robinson R44 (3) £414 £362 Helicopter 2. Training Solo B206 JetRanger (1) £529 £482 Cessna 150 (1) £125 £95 No charge for ground tuition/exams. Diamond Star DA40 TDI *(15) Cessna 172 (1) £145 £120 Diamond DA42 Twin Star* (4) PA-28-161 (1) £145 £120 ‘Quality, friendly training with people with a passion for Robinson R22 (2) PA-28-180 (1) £145 £120 flying.’ Bedfordshire School of Flying AS355 Twin Squirrel (1) PA-28-180R (1) £173 £148 Bedfordshire *Garmin G1000- equipped. Prices on application. PA-28-200R (1) £183 £158 Sackville Flying Club Cranfield SA Bulldog (1) £173 £148 Sackville Farm, Riseley Tel: 01234 752817 Fax: 01234 752809 Cirrus (2) £poa £poa Tel: 01234 708877 Fax: 01234 708862 E-mail: [email protected] B58P Baron (1) £320 £255 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.cabairflyingschools.com Ground tuition: from £22 per hour. Web: www.sackvilleflyingclub.co.uk Rates may fluctuate with Avgas prices. NPPL, PPL(A), PPL(H), RT, IMC, Night, Multi, Co-Pilot, 2nd NPPL(Microlight), Tailwheel. Pilot, Radio Nav. ‘Professional and friendly – free tea and coffee.’ Members: 60. Full: £200. FIs: 4; FI(R)s: 1 and examiner for No. of Members 50 microlights. Students: 30. Standard (family) £138.00 per annum Henlow Flying Club Training Solo Temporary £34.50 for 3 months RAF Henlow WT9 Dynamic (1) £poa £poa Platinum Plus £46.00 per month Tel/fax: 01462 851936 AX2000 3-axis (2) £poa £poa Fixed-Wing FIs: 1, full-time, 1 part-time QHIs: 1 full-time, 1 E-mail: [email protected] Quantum Flexwing (1) £poa £poa part-time Students: 40 PPL Web: www.henlowflyingclub.co.uk Super Cub 150 (1) £poa, plus insurance Training Self - fly hire Cranfield Flight Training share annually. Diamond DA40 Cranfield NPPL, PPL(A), RT, Night, IMC, Radio Nav, GPS, Aerobatics, 2 single-seat and 2 two-seat gliders available. (Diesel &Glass Cockpit) (13) £264.50 £207.00 Tel: 01234 752272 Fax: 01234 750827 Second pilot, Tailwheel, ‘PPL-Plus’ advanced handling. Robinson R22 (1) £281.75 £212.75 E-mail: [email protected] Members: 130. Full: £50. Temp: £8 month. ‘Looking to the future with an eye on the past.’ Robinson R44 Raven (1) £442.75 £373.75 Web: www.cranfield-aviation.co.uk FIs: 2 full-time, 3 part-time; FI(R)s: 1 full-time, 1 part-time. Students: 30. Skyline School of Flying & Ground tuition: £695 for package course including PPL, NPPL, RT, IMC, Night, Multi, IR, FI(R)C, FI, CPL. Training/PPL Solo Airmaster personal tuition, lecture programme, exams and Members: 100. Full: £60. Temporary: £10. Social: £10. FIs: 3 Cessna 150/2 (3) £137 £112 Little Gransden equipment. £23.00 per hour for one-to-one tuition (no full-time, 3 part-time. Cessna 172 (1) £157 £132 Tel/fax: 01767 651950 equipment or lectures). Training Solo PA-28-181 (1) £167 £142* E-mail: [email protected] Cessna 150 (2) £121 £108 Tiger Moth (1) £190 £155 Web: www.skyline.flyer.co.uk ‘Cabair, the largest provider of training for NPPL/JAR PPL Cessna 172 (1) £135 £125 in Europe. Grumman AA5A (1) £135 £125 ‘Professional, friendly, safe, enjoyable.’ NPPL, PPL, RT, Night, IMC. Piper PA-38 (1) £121 £108 Members: 150. FIs: 2 full-time, 4 part-time. Students: 45. Bonus Aviation Piper PA28R Arrow (1) £poa £poa Nene Valley Microlights Membership: Joining fee £250 then £26.75 monthly. Cranfield Piper PA-34 Seneca (1) £poa £poa Sackville Airfield, Riseley Training Solo** Tel: 01234 751800 Fax: 01234 751096 Piper PA-23 Apache (1) £poa £poa Tel: 01933 311895 Cessna 150 (1) £poa £68.50 E-mail: [email protected] Ground tuition: available. E-mail: [email protected] Cherokee 140 (3) £poa £76 Web: www.bonusaviation.co.uk Web: www.nenevalleymicrolights.co.uk Archer II (1) £poa £100.50 PPL(A), NPPL, IR, Night, IMC, Multi, Instructor, CPL, AOPA ‘Good atmosphere for PPLs, very experienced for Aerobatics. FAA and South African conversions. commercials, with good pass rates.’ NPPL(Microlight), fixed-wing and flexwing. ‘Aircraft rental and pilot training for over a decade.’ Members: 200. Full: £80. Temp: £5 month. FIs: 3; AFIs: 1. Students: 35. FIs: 9 full-time, 2 part-time; FI(R)s: 1 full-time; Cranfield Aviation Training 2 part-time. Students: 70. School Training Solo/Hire Cranfield Cessna 150 (1) £poa £109 Tel: 01234 757969 Fax: 01234 757760 Cessna Aerobat (1) £poa £107 E-mail: [email protected] Tomahawk (5) £poa £114 Web: www.cranfieldaviation.co.uk PA-28-181 (3) £poa £148 PA-28RT-201 (2) £poa £177.50 PPL, RT, IMC, IR(A), IR(H), CPL(A), CPL(H), ATPL(A), PA-44 Seminole (2) £poa £302 ATPL(H) Ground tuition: £10 hour.