What is the V1 difference ?

Good airmanship revolves around one basic principle, good decision making! We offer exceptional training, high-spec aircraft and sensible pricing so our students can be confident that by choosing us they have made their first good decision and taken the first step towards being great pilots.

Our aim is to make learning to fly the experience of a lifetime, paving the way for many years of fun and adventure. Therefore, as part of your training, you will visit exciting, busy airfields with lots to see. When landing away you can treat yourself to a well deserved cuppa or maybe even a hearty breakfast or lunch and give all the newly gained information time to soak before heading off on the next session. It is without doubt that gaining your licence will be a huge achievement and yet by setting a sensible pace together we can make light work of learning.

Gaining Your Licence

With V1 you will receive expert one-to-one tuition with your very own instructor who will safely guide you though the challenges ahead. Your exams are undertaken in comfortable and familiar surroundings and we are proud to boast a 100% pass rate. If required, we can offer tailored, informative and practical ground schooling packages to include all examinations.

Our courses are approved and recognised by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) as well as the British Microlight Aircraft Association (BMAA). On completion you will be awarded a National Private Pilots Licence (NPPL) with a microlight class rating (M).

To become licensed you will need a minimum of:

• 25 flying hours with a requirement for duel and solo flying as well as navigation training.
• pass 5 ground exams (Navigation, Air Law, Human Performance and limitation, Aircraft general, meteorology)

Quite simply flight training is charged by the hour; your hour starts when the engine starts and includes a short brief and debrief before and after flights. To avoid wasting time waiting for other aircraft to land and depart we operate from peaceful grass airstrips offering much greater value for money with more time spent doing what we love the most.. flying! We feel its vital that by the time finish your training you will have all the skills required to fly from pretty much any airfield in the uk regardless whether it’s an international airport or farmers field.

When it comes to some of the more complex tasks like navigation a long brief will be needed. This can either be paid for by the hour or included within our pass plus ground school package. In addition to the long brief the pass plus also offers all guarantee pass on all ground based exams with free retakes if required, pre-flight test brief with mock ground oral. Alternatively you may choose to self study and pay for each exams although our pass plus offers excellent value for money and will offer far more than can be gleaned from text books.