Flexwing Microlight Training
by Barry Light - Civil Aviation Authority Certified
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Flexwing Microlight Training by Barry Light - Civil Aviation Authority Certified |
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Take to the skies the easy way - Truly affordable flying Call Barry - 07831 454 142. |
Microlights based at Tarn Farm Lancaster LA2 0ER Email - barry@microlight.me.uk |
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To obtain a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) licence to fly Microlights solo, you
must undertake a course of training comprising eighteen separate excercises (see
the Training Syllabus link
for details).
There is a CAA minimum requirement of 25 hours flight time, including 10 hours solo flight (though it is possible to obtain a restricted licence after 15 hours flight, seven hours solo). Many of these hours will be spent completing the excercises in the Training Syllabus. If you wish to have a 'taster' session by taking a Trial Flight, your time in the air counts towards your minimum requirement for flight time - and the Trial Flight can include one of the training excercises if you're feeling confident. Lessons can take place throughout the year, any time in daylight when the weather is suitable. For full details, and to book your Trial Flight (or first lesson!) - call Barry Light on 07831 454 142 or email barry@microlight.me.uk |
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Note that the CAA flight hours are minimum requirements, it is possible that your training could take longer than this time. Though rest assured, your instructor wants you to be flying solo as soon as you are competent and confident! In addition to the flight experience exercises, there are five written exams which must be taken as part of your Microlight rating :-
There is also a Medical Certification to be obtained, and although a doctor's signature is required, this is actually a self-certification. Most microlight students book one or two lessons a week and finish the course over a period of about nine months. Before each exercise is undertaken, your instructor will run through a detailed breakdown of the theory behind each exercise in a pre-flight briefing, and following your hour's in-flight training, a debriefing session will take place to discuss your progress. For 2010 the cost is £100 per lesson - this includes one hour's flight time. Thus most lessons actually take 1.5 to 2 hours to complete Also, some excercises in the Training Syllabus are ground-based, these are at a much reduced cost. And when it comes to solo excercises, these again are much cheaper than instructor-led flights. When compared to the cost of Light Aircraft lessons, plus the additional cost of buying, maintaining and hangerage such a craft, it becomes clear that Flexwing Microlights are still one of the cheapest ways to pilot your own aircraft. |