They say great things come in small packages & that's certainly true of these Cumbernauld Airport flying lessons! This compact but very professionally run airport is just 20 minutes from Glasgow & 30 minutes from Edinburgh & offers a fantastic venue to make your first foray into flying a light aircraft. Cumbernauld Airport was just a grass strip when it opened in 1966. A new 820m x 23m asphalt runway & terminal building with all the facilities was opened in 1988 making Cumbernauld a modern custom built airport which is ideal for flying lessons hangarage aircraft maintenance & charter services. As you arrive at the airport you'll make your way to the main terminal building which is home to this flying centre. Your experience starts with meeting your instructor pilot who'll be taking you out for your lesson. After a safety briefing & familiarisation of the aircraft you'll be flying in it's time to get onboard & ready. Once given clearance by air traffic control you'll... ...

Fly out of bustling Exeter Airport on trial flying lessons from a long-established flight school renowned for excellent training. ...

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Lincolnshire helicopter lessons
- flying out of Humberside International Airport! Originally an RAF base this busy little commercial
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Head into the blue with these trial flying lessons in Rochester Kent! The airport is well placed in the south east of England with easy access from London & the surrounding area. Boasting a friendly atmosphere & excellent teaching Rochester is a superb place to take a trial lesson in a plane. This school offers 60 minute lessons in both two & four seater aircraft. For all lessons you will be met by the flying instructor who'll be taking you up & you'll have a short classroom briefing session. Once in the aircraft & settled you'll discover all about taxiing take off straight & level flight & banking
- all whilst you are heading over the River Medway & Chatham's historic dockyard. Trial lessons are taken in two seater Cessna 152s or four seater Cessna 172 S Ps. The school has three of each & all are kitted out with dual controls. These planes are the best known training aircraft in modern aviation & more 172s have been built than any other aeroplane. Easy to fly stable & reliable these planes make superb choices for trial flights. Chief Flying Instructor & Examiner Brian Bennewith & his team of dedicated instructors are ready to offer you a fantastic first foray into aviation with a trial lesson flying lesson in Rochester. You will have plenty of time to take the controls of the plane & if you choose the four seater option a passenger will be able to join you for the flight in the back seat subject to pilot approval spreading this experience even further!
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Microlighting over the Peak District & Staffs countryside in fixed & flex-wing aircraft. ...

Thrilling light sports aircraft experiences out of Headcorn! All flights in these modern closed cockpit microlights have one thing in common: great views. Book your cross country touring flight from Headcorn & enjoy the wonderful vistas in a fabulous light sports aircraft. You'll be flying in a modern lights sports aircraft such as the Ikarus C42. They might look like your typical small aircraft but technically-speaking they're still microlights
- it's just all been stepped up a gear & they're now called light sport aircraft to reflect the comfort & performance of these aircraft. That's also why this training centre can offer the Mile High Experience. These light sports machines are easily capable of reaching the magic altitude of 5280ft. Once you're a whole mile above the Kentish countryside it's like a whole new world up there where the airliners heading for Gatwick fly so don't be surprised if you see the odd 737 or A320 flying over your head! If you want to see the best bits of Kent from the air we can highly recommend the Kent Castles Flight. Taking off from Headcorn you're never very far from a nice castle. On this well-planned circular tour your flight path will take you over not one but three of the best castles in Kent. Soar over Leeds Castle known as the loveliest castle in Kent Bodiam Castle with it's good looks & impressive moat & Dover Castle standing proud in its imposing position over that busy port. We can also highly recommend the landaway experience especially if you're into aviation & want to immerse yourself in the protocols of flying. You take off from Headcorn join the air traffic control circuit & radio calls following airfield procedures to land at nearby Deanland Airfield. There's time for a cuppa & a chat before taking off again to head back to base at Headcorn. Whichever experience you choose heading off in a light sports aircraft from Headcorn is going to give you the very best views of the Kentish countryside & coastline. & what's more if you're up for it you will be able to have a go at the controls of the aircraft too. Yep that means you will be flying it! Pick your flight path & get your slot booked.
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Calling all Londoners: prepare to take off on a flying lesson in London! Just 10 minutes from North London well within the M25 & with easy access by public transport too this flying school offers lessons based out of Elstree aerodrome in Hertfordshire. It really is the most convenient airfield for aspiring pilots in the capital & around the home counties too. Before offering flight training this group of aviators regularly took to the skies after they formed a flying group together in 2004. It was a natural progression to then offer flight training at this London-base. The staff & instructors at Elstree are super passionate & dedicated with many interesting flying background stories. There are ex-military fast jet pilots commercial airline pilots aviation consultants examiners & even flying instructors who teach pilots to become instructors. All this means you're in safe hands for your flying lessons out of Hertfordshire. The planes hangared at this vibrant flight trai... ...

Get ready to soar over Saltby Airfield in a light sport aircraft! These flying lessons are technically in a microlight class of aircraft but these amazing little planes look just like conventional light aircraft
- just not as expensive to own & run! If you don't know Saltby it's an airfield that's gone from being a busy Second World War USAF base to a tranquil rural airfield that is currently used for recreational flying & lessons today. Although the two main concrete runways remain much of the original infrastructure has disappeared but there are still little signs of Saltby's historic past that you might well be able to spot from the air. Being situated in the East Midlands between Melton Mowbray & Grantham & only a short distance from the A1 Saltby Airfield is easily accessible from a wide area & it's picturesque too lying in a lovely rural setting between Rutland Water & the Vale of Belvoir. The entrance to the airfield is off the single-track lane connecting the v...
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Light sport flying at its best with the Pipistrel Alpha Trainer up in the skies over London from Damyns Hall. ...