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    Cessna flying lessons and experiences at Goodwood Aerodrome

    Flying Lessons at Goodwood Aerodrome

    We offer a range of courses and training, from trial lessons to advanced courses for qualified pilots

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    Courses for pilots and non-pilots

    Here at Goodwood Flying School, we offer a range of courses and training, all of which are tailored to your requirements. Below is a brief overview of the possibilities. We can take you from your first flight to advanced courses for the qualified pilot.

    Ab-Initio Training Courses

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    Private Pilot Licence

    The PPL is a licence of an internationally recognised standard and allows you to add more additional ratings than the LAPL. It requires a minimum of 45 hours training. The PPL is a good place to start if you wish to advance to Commercial or more advanced flying than the LAPL allows. You can train for your PPL on the Cessna 172 or the Cub.

    Find Out More About PPL

    Fly in a Goodwood Cessna at Goodwood Aerodrome

    Light Aircraft Pilot’s Licence

    The Light Aircraft Pilot’s Licence requires a minimum of 30 hours training, with less rigorous medical standards than the PPL. It is valid within Europe for aircraft under 2,000kg and a maximum of 3 passengers. This is the ideal licence for the leisure pilot, but can easily be upgraded to a PPL by undertaking the additional training. You can train for your LAPL on the Cessna 172 or the Cub.

    Find Out More About LAPL

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    Go Solo

    If you are unsure about tackling a full course to gain a Pilot’s Licence, our ‘Go solo’ course, consisting of 15 hours of training in one of our Cessna 172s or the Cub, may be enough to get you to your first solo flight! If you wish at that point, you could continue your training towards a LAPL or PPL.

    Find Out More About 'Go Solo'

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    Flight Instructor Training

    The FIC will take you back to the exercises covered in your own PPL, and look at them in a fresh way as you learn how to impart your flying skills, knowledge and airmanship to the next generation of pilots.  We can also teach the Class Rating Instructor (CRI) course.  For qualified Instructors, we can provide the training required for the removal of your ‘no applied instrument’ and ‘no night training’ restrictions. 

    Find Out More About Instructor Training

    Differences Training and Additional Skills for Qualified Pilots

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    Tailwheel conversion

    The tailwheel conversion course is carried out on our Piper Super Cub.  The length of the course is dependent on how quickly you develop your skills to the standard required, there is no minimum hours requirement or final test.  The Cub is a great first tailwheel aircraft and this course will open up a whole new range of exciting aircraft to you!

    Piper Super Cub experiences at Goodwood Aerodrome.

    Farm Strip Course

    Farm strips can come with a variety of additional challenges that you may not have encountered in your flying before. After brushing up your circuits at Goodwood, we can visit a selection of local strips of varying degrees of difficulty, to help you gain skill and confidence. It is also tremendous fun!

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    Night Rating

    Does exactly what the name suggests, allowing you to expand your flying privileges to the hours of the official night. This is a winter course when sunset is at a reasonable time in the evening! Night flying will resume when the runway lighting is reinstated as part of the runway project.

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    Instrument Rating (Restricted)

    The IR(R) replaces the previous IMC Rating. It allows you to fly with lower weather minima and make instrument approaches to aerodromes that are suitably equipped.

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    Other Additional Training

    If touring is more to your liking, we can arrange a cross-Channel check, going through the paperwork and procedures required so that you may fly to France and maybe beyond. Another useful option in this regard would be time spent exploring the capabilities of the Cessnas’ Garmin 1000 avionics in more depth than you will have in your initial training, including the auto-pilot.

    We can fly with you to larger airports to help you become familiar with the procedures and environment, maybe flying amongst airliners!

    If you would like to expand your personal flight envelope in terms of general handling, we can spend more time with you looking at sideslipping, cross-wind take-offs and landings, or anything else that you would like to practice.

    Flying with other pilots is a great way of sharing your time in the air, allowing you to venture further afield by flying one leg each. We can help to put you in touch with other people looking to find a flying ‘buddy’ or you can join the Goodwood Aero Club’s WhatsApp Group.

    Goodwood Flying School is such a friendly, relaxed environment and has a great training programme. The whole experience was really enjoyable
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    or enquire now and one of our friendly instructors will help you decide which of the many training programmes will best suit your needs.

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