PPL in September in England

[maxi_991ita]

Hi guys,

I would like to start a PPL in nottingham at the begining of September.
My question is, Do you think I will manage to fly those 45 hours before the end of the Year ? I have already been at the Flight School and the lady was quite sure about this, saying that I would manage !


Thank you for the answers
Best Regards

[Ebbie 2003]

UK in Autumn has bad weather but not so bad that you will not fir in 45 hours of flying in four months.

The good news is that you will be doing your initial flying in September when the weather is not so bad - quite summer like - if you are doing a career/intensive course and work at it six days a week I would think you'd be able to fit in 45 hours in September.

Of course it may take you longer than 45 hours to complete - age seems to be an issue - someone once told me to add an hour for every year over 18 - from personal experience and asking around it seems to be a good rule of thumb.

Your end of the year target seems easily achievable if you work at it - it may be the exams and book work that slows you down as much as the UK weather (I now live some where sunny where an ICAO PPL can be obtained in 35 hours but am not so sure that weather is the real problem - people who go to another country to do their PPL or a "far from home" residential course just get it done quicker because there are no/fewer distractions as much as the weather conditions).

[foxmoth]

As said, very much depends on how much time you can dedicate to it, full time, should be no problem, though you can never guarantee the UK weather - 1/2 day/week then it gets harder, both from the view of more chance of disruption for wx and continuity. IMHO most people should be able to complete in 45 hours if not stretching it out too much, the hours go up when you lose continuity and have to go back over stuff. After September the wx generally goes downhill, so the more you can do at the start the better.

[JDA2012]

Hello, and good luck with your PPL! I managed it in 45h50m in the UK (north-ish England), in March, at 31, so you should be fine - as mentioned, the key is to work at it (and to have a school which can accommodate you):

www.pprune.org/private-flying/511455-28-day-20-flying-45h50m-ppl-completed-ant-blackpool.html

Apologies to the regulars who may be rather sick of seeing that particular link by now :)

[StuartUK]

I've completed 40 hours flying every Saturday & Sunday I can since the end of March, so 5 months. Quite a few lessons were cancelled due to wx, which is frustrating when all you want to do is fly but it's better to be on the ground than caught up in the air with poor visibility!

Good luck with it all. I've thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of learning to fly and would recommend it to anybody.