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You mean the Air Experience flight, Exercise 3.
When did we start to call it a Trial Lesson?
I know when some clever dick thought let's sell a Trial flight for one hour, but only actually fly 20 minutes and only pay the instructor also for 20 minutes work!
When did we start to call it a Trial Lesson?
I know when some clever dick thought let's sell a Trial flight for one hour, but only actually fly 20 minutes and only pay the instructor also for 20 minutes work!
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Yes, "Trial lesson" is a marketing term and is actually either Ex3 as BeB says or Ex4(i) Effect of controls part 1. How much of it is actually carried out as a proper lesson very much depends on what the "student" is aiming at (also how much interest the instructor takes in that).
Yes. Nobody has come up with a better name for it yet.
within the plethora of rules about qualifying for a UK PPL?
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And now an Introductory Flight can be given by someone without an FI rating
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There are of course considerable restraints applicable to this activity, including; not for profit; it is a passenger flight, not a lesson and may not necessarily involve sitting in a pilot seat.
I had one a couple of years ago (literally)
It called "Tasting the flight" done by a PPL with experience on air competition and I flew from the left. I volunteered to buy some more flights and having them count towards a PPL course but they said I have to take the medical first.
A person who runs an aviation magazine told me he would steer clear of them.
A person who runs an aviation magazine told me he would steer clear of them.
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You do not need a medical for dual training (but you do to fly solo). Training towards a licence can be carried out by a PPL holder, but only if he/she holds a valid Flight Instructor Certificate.
I would suggest that you check the validity of the advice you are receiving!
I would suggest that you check the validity of the advice you are receiving!
done by a PPL with experience on air competition and I flew from the left.
You do not need a medical for dual training (but you do to fly solo). Training towards a licence can be carried out by a PPL holder, but only if he/she holds a valid Flight Instructor Certificate.
I would suggest that you check the validity of the advice you are receiving!
I would suggest that you check the validity of the advice you are receiving!
A medical is always useful and a relatively minor cost in relation to not able to perform the drills required in PPL.
I wonder what experience this PPL had of flying from the right hand seat! Most FI students find that it takes them quite a large part of the 30 hour course to adapt to flying from the right hand seat. If anything had gone wrong the PPL could have been in breach of articles 137/138
He said he was legally allowed to fly from the right seat
In order to conduct these flights, the "approved organisation" should have an operations manual, and that should state quite clearly which seat the pilot will sit in!
An organisation intending to offer such flights as regular business activity is not considered to meet the condition of marginal activity. Also, flights organised with the sole intent to generate income for the organisation are not considered to be a marginal activity.
The CAA recommends that organisations conducting introductory flights ensure that the guidance is adopted within the organisation’s Operations Manual, or equivalent.
I asked to fly with a Flight Instructor but none was available
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Some excellent responses here folks!
The reason I initiated this thread was to find out 'the latest' on this issue, and I see that little or nothing has changed since the early 1980s when I learned to fly.
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The reason I initiated this thread was to find out 'the latest' on this issue, and I see that little or nothing has changed since the early 1980s when I learned to fly.
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