Further Training
Following your Trial Flight, you'll probably realise that learning to fly is an exciting and rewarding undertaking.
The training for the Private Pilots License has a well defined and structured syllabus. You'll spend a minimum of 45 hours in the air. At least 25 of these will be training with an instructor, and a minimum of 10 hours flight by yourself. The minimum age to learn to fly is 14, and for going "solo" is 16. After qualifying, you'll be able to fly a single engined aircraft up to 5700kg in good weather during the day. You can add various ratings to your licence by further training.
As part of your training for the Private Pilots Licence, you'll need to pass exams in the following subjects; Air Law & Operational Procedures, Meteorology (Weather), Human Performance & Limitations, Navigation, Flight Performance & Planning, and Aircraft General & Principles of Flight.
At Anglia Flight, we offer groundschool for all of these subjects, plus additional subjects for the additional ratings below. Groundschool can be on a one to one basis, or part of a group. We regularly run groundschool evening classes.
Night
Rating
Flying at night is spectacular. To be able to do so requires an extra 5 hours training, and allows you to fly after dark, legally defined as between 30mins after sunset to 30mins before sunrise at the surface. 3 hours of your flying training will be with an instructor, and will include 1 hour of night navigation. The other 2 hours you'll be flying by yourself and will include at least 5 landings and a short flight to and from the local training area. The Night Rating can be included in the normal Private Pilots Licence course if required.
By now, you'll realise that your Private Pilots Licence limits you to flying in good weather. With the addition of the IMC (Instrument Meteorological Conditions) Rating, you'll be allowed to fly in cloud, and undertake instrument approaches into certain airports when a normal PPL holder would be grounded. This rating is only valid in UK airspace, and comprises of a further 15 hours training with an instructor, a flight test and a written exam (for which we hold groundschool).
Aerobatics
The Private Pilots Licence teaches you to fly an aircraft well within the safety of its capabilities. There can be times however, where it's useful to know the full potential of the aircraft you're flying. And that's where aerobatic training comes in. It's a good stepping stone to become familiar with the more advanced manoeuvres an aircraft can perform, and stands you in good stead for unexpected situations. On the other hand, it may be that you just want to enjoy your flying to the full, and learn to loop the loop and perform aileron rolls and stall turns!
Aerobatic training is undertaken in Anglia Flight's Cessna 150 aerobat aircraft, but for the more adventurous, Anglia Flight's Yak52 can also be used, which can be flown by qualified licence holders. Once again, a structured syllabus is used, and you can do as much or as little of it as you like.
Formation
For most of your Private Pilots Licence training, you're taught how to avoid and keep away from other aircraft in flight. Well, now, you can be taught the skilful art of formation flying. If formation flying looks easy, it's because the people doing it are very good at it! Training with Anglia Flight starts in Cessna 150 aircraft with qualified and well practiced formation pilots who are authorised to display at air shows by the Civil Aviation Authority. We obviously need two like-minded students in order to train you; we'll start with the basics, and build you up gradually and carefully to finally allow you to achieve a safe formation by yourself with us sitting alongside. For the more adventurous, formation training can also be undertaken in Yak52 aircraft by qualified pilots.
