To bring things at Wycombe Air Park up to date, may I post the following press release in the name of providing facts and current information (not intended in any way to be advertising, mods):
Although flying continued under the Airways Flying Club approvals without a break, a new set of approvals (under the new company name Booker Aircraft Operations Ltd) were granted by CAA in the first week of January 2012.
The new company (trading as both Airways Flying Club and as Wycombe Air Centre) now runs the whole gambit of Private and Commercial courses (see list below).
The expertise contained within and the experience gained by AFC’s 64 years and WAC’s 44 years counts for a great deal. With highly-qualified career instructors and with 7 CAA Examiners within the staff, not only is the CAA happy but so are the customers who have not left, but on the contrary are appearing in their droves.
The combined engineering department now has 8 engineers and looks after over 70 aircraft.
Commercial Flying Courses will be run under the WAC banner and the exclusive Airways Flying Club will continue all of the Private Flying training and self-fly hire.
The combined aircraft fleet (see below) is not exclusive for either Commercial or Private flyers.... all are available for any course (within reason!) or for self-fly hire.
The one-stop shop for all of the courses is now based under the Control Tower, from where the Airfield Operations continues to be run.
Websites will be amalgamated very shortly, but are found at:
Learn to Fly - Airways Flying Club
WYCOMBE AIR CENTRE
Wycombe Air Park - EGTB | Fly at historic Booker Airfield in High Wycombe Buckinghamshire
Tecnam UK
The Aircraft Fleet now comprises
6 Cessna 152
1 Cessna 172 (glass)
5 Piper Warrior
1 Tecnam P2002 single
1 Piper Dakota (glass)
1 Piper Arrow
1 deHavilland Chipmunk
2 Beechcraft Duchess
1 Tecnam P2006T twin (glass)
Private Flying and self-fly hire:
JAR /EASA PPL
NPPL
Night Qualification
IMC Rating
PPL Instrument Rating
Multi-engine Piston Rating
Flying Instructor Courses (Single / Multi / Night / Instrument)
Flight Examiner Courses
Tailwheel conversion
Aerobatics courses
Complex SEP conversion
Glass cockpit transition
Commercial Flying:
Modular CPL
Instrument Rating
Simulators:
FNPT 2 and FNPT 1
for IR revalidations
CPL and IR Military conversions
CPL and IR conversions