Private Pilots Licence

When I was stationed at Shawbury, I flew from Slepe (Sleap?) once, that seemed a nice club, and their vintage C150 was the best balanced/Trimmed/clean Cesspit that I have ever flown.

One of the guys in the Course ahead of me was about to do his confined Areas test, but whilst on Rotary wing training you are not allowed to fly fixed wing (even Loadies). So whilst I was in my first week of Wessex Tech ground school, we rented the C150 in my name, he ‘borrowed’ the confined areas list and we flew around and did an ariel recce of each one so he was prepped for his test!

Thank you guy’s……..you are a great help 🙂

It does indeed, and it’s not terribly restrictive, though I think you still can’t fly abroad (Though I suspect Spitfire Pilot might be allowed to fly to England 🙂 )

But really, unless there’s a medical problem you are better off going for the full JAR PPL.

What everyone forgets is that the only real difference that ‘getting your licence’ makes is that you can take passengers (And don’t have to persuade your instructor that your next x-country should be to Duxford – you can just go)

IF the NPPL is 33 hours, and you qualify in that time (many don’t), what are you going to do then? Stop flying? No you’ll still be spending just as much hiring aircraft to do your flying, the only saving is the instructor cost. Take a look at school rates, the difference is often as little as £10 per hour. So between 32 and 45 hours you’ll be saving £130. Worth worrying about?

You can’t have too much training. I enjoy my bi-annual instructor hour which helps sharpen up some skills.

I wouldn’t advise the NPPL, there doesn’t seem to be much advantage to it, but it is an option.

Moggy

The minimum for the NPPL is 32 hours, and for the jar/fcl PPL 45 hours. I would be surprised if the NPPL is completed under 45 hours since they both follow the same exercises.

Re-iterating Moggy’s advice, never pay up front, always as you go. If you have a lump of money, put it in the bank and it earns you interest.

Ken

Moggy doesnt the National Licence have less hours to qualify??

A225HVY 🙂

No problem. Any help I can give an aspiring pilot is a pleasure.

Keep us updated on your progress. I know some pilots who I think fly from Welshpool. Once you start training having an experienced pilot that you can check things with is always useful. I’ll put you in touch.

Moggy

Thanks Moggy……………..I owe you one!!!!!!!! 🙂

Looks like Welshpool is your best bet.

http://www.welshpoolairport.co.uk/wfs.html

You’ll have to fly a minimum of 45 hours at about £100 per hour.

Books, equipment, fees and stuff will easily eat-up the other £500 to make it around £5,000.

But you pay as you go (Never pay schools big chunks up front) and could spread it out over 18 months (say) so around £65 per week.

Moggy