Mostly aimed at the people that know these clubs and know the prices etc....

I live bang in the middle of the M8 between Glasgow and Edinburgh! So this probably gives me a good choice of flying clubs to choose from without traveling a hefty distance :)

Can anyone give me some info on the flying clubs around and about central scotland!

Id like a cost efficent club!

Since im still looking at my PPL training im unsure what flight schools offer the best Rates, but Edi is looking at around £100 per hour solo. Unsure if that includes your landing fees too.

Im also intreasted in learning a few Aeros, so i seen that Prestwick has a few aero equiped planes, and i think Fife has one too. Just looking for a cost efficent club for a struggling student :D

Anyone got any info on fife too? :-)

wbryce I fly out of Perth and Kirknewton. Kirknewton cannot be used for ab initio PPL training, as it is not licensed (unless you wish to fly and land at a licensed airfield before starting the lesson. Cumbernauld is also an option and Perth is a good training field (due to having a triangular runway pattern, which minimises non-flyable days due to strong crosswinds). I live in Kirknewton and work in Livingston, so if you wish to meet up and talk things through face to face, I'm more than happy to do so. If you wish to go somewhere in Scotland (such as Inverness, which has been recommended by others who have done that) for an intensive 3-4 wk course, then that may open up different options. I have never flown with any of th ePrestwick clubs, but they have consistently been recommended here. For completeness, there is also training at Fife (Glenrothes) and Dundee, also Carlisle.

Would really need to sit down and talk to you to ascertain your priorities (cost, time, big or small airfield, ground school required, etc) to be able to offer much detail. The email address in my profile currently points to my work account, which will not be regularly monitored over the holidays, but if you want to try to talk things through in the next couple of weeks, PM me and I'll send my home tel / mobile number through. If you want to go flying with me at some point to get some experience, that may also be possible. I'm chockers with marauding in-laws for a lot of Xmas, so don't be too insulted if I don't get back to you too quickly!!

Happy Xmas!

i can recommend cumbernauld, good instructors and aircraft are generally available(2 katanas, a 150 and an archer) its not the cheapest around by the sound of it. i have had no complaints with eiteher the training or the service.
oh and the cafe (the wright place:ok: ) certainly beats perths(touchdown cafe:yuk: which is a student riddled place, i should know i'm one of them ;) )

thanks for the kind information.

Circuit Basher, i will keep what you said in mind, once i have my feet back on the ground again from the Xmas season ill drop you a quick email.

I stay in Whitburn, work for my mothers company in Livingston (Kirkton North) my girl stays in East Calder, and i regularly run a work mate home to kirknewton, ive also done the basic ATC flights at Kirknewton on the gliders which was fun :)

You will also find some useful info in this thread http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=79879 contrasting Edinburgh and Fife etc although it is in the context of large or small airfields.

Edinburgh Flying Club URL is www.edinburghflyingclub.co.uk and should work OK - I am a member there so if you need further info PM me.

grow45

I use Tayside Aviation at Glenrothes on occasions and it is OK. Fife is a fun little airfield although there is often pretty poor wx due to its elevation.

They are fairly expensive though although the aircraft are in good enough shape - just 152s and a Warrior though.

Hufty.