Flying schools near Edinburgh, Scotland
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Flying schools near Edinburgh, Scotland
Hi all,
I'm potentially going to be moving to Scotland (Edinburgh) early next year depending on work and was wondering if anyone could make any recommendations on flying schools up that way? I'm currently 22 hours into my PPL at Stapleford, Essex, which I'm really enjoying and like the facilities, environment and instructors there.
The aim is go all the way through to ATPL, but need to save the money first. In the meantime I would like to continue with the PPL as I'm almost halfway through. Any advice or recommendations would be much appreciated.
Cheers, Rob
I'm potentially going to be moving to Scotland (Edinburgh) early next year depending on work and was wondering if anyone could make any recommendations on flying schools up that way? I'm currently 22 hours into my PPL at Stapleford, Essex, which I'm really enjoying and like the facilities, environment and instructors there.
The aim is go all the way through to ATPL, but need to save the money first. In the meantime I would like to continue with the PPL as I'm almost halfway through. Any advice or recommendations would be much appreciated.
Cheers, Rob
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Your spoiled for choice to be honest
You have dundee perth, cum, PIK, Fife all within easy distance.
Although with Fife you need a whole raft of injections before its safe to enter.
Cholera is a must
Rabies is advisable in case a local woman gets her teeth into you.
And the usual typhoid, hep and tetanus.
We will now get a whole load of hobbits opps sorry serf's of the Kingdom of Fife saying I am talking ****e. But trust me its a very strange place with funny natives.
You have dundee perth, cum, PIK, Fife all within easy distance.
Although with Fife you need a whole raft of injections before its safe to enter.
Cholera is a must
Rabies is advisable in case a local woman gets her teeth into you.
And the usual typhoid, hep and tetanus.
We will now get a whole load of hobbits opps sorry serf's of the Kingdom of Fife saying I am talking ****e. But trust me its a very strange place with funny natives.
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If you look up perthairport.eu
and
taysideaviation.co.uk
These two sites will give you details of five training organisations at four locations.
All can take you from PPL (or NPPL) all the way to frozen ATPL and all have active clubs attached.
D.O.
and
taysideaviation.co.uk
These two sites will give you details of five training organisations at four locations.
All can take you from PPL (or NPPL) all the way to frozen ATPL and all have active clubs attached.
D.O.
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Perth is a very friendly place, indeed one local FI was having such a jolly time yesterday that he couldnt call finals properly for laughing.... 
Trim handles in the roof can be confusing cant they
Trim handles in the roof can be confusing cant they
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Lucky you didn't see the steep turns, could swear I saw 2000fpm on the VSI, I thought we'd been shot down.....
Perhaps I should have mentioned the interlinked rudder and Ailerons sooner... that'll teach him to criticise my rudder work.....
Perhaps I should have mentioned the interlinked rudder and Ailerons sooner... that'll teach him to criticise my rudder work.....
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Rob as you can tell its quite a small community up North with most folk knowing each other once they have been around abit.
There are some definate characters, a few knobs but pretty good standards across the board.
The challanges are slightly different with wx being a big factor and also high ground. Airspace isn't such a biggie with most of the country covered in class G but there is still enough around that you can get yourself in trouble if you really try hard.
The views are excellent and you have some interesting destinations within easy reach if you want to stretch your legs. And also there are many groups you can join if you want to step out of the club rental scene.
I am sure you will enjoy yourself, as with all training I would advise to go and visit a few schools and see which one fits you and also who you get a good vib off. Perth is a good place to start but you would be cutting your self short if you didn't go and have a look at the others they are all slightly different and have pros and cons. For example PIK and INV have alot less issues with wx than the other fields but they are more of a trek to get to.
The only thing that doesn't change is scottish info with fisbangwallop and his mates giving a sterling service to us all.
There are some definate characters, a few knobs but pretty good standards across the board.
The challanges are slightly different with wx being a big factor and also high ground. Airspace isn't such a biggie with most of the country covered in class G but there is still enough around that you can get yourself in trouble if you really try hard.
The views are excellent and you have some interesting destinations within easy reach if you want to stretch your legs. And also there are many groups you can join if you want to step out of the club rental scene.
I am sure you will enjoy yourself, as with all training I would advise to go and visit a few schools and see which one fits you and also who you get a good vib off. Perth is a good place to start but you would be cutting your self short if you didn't go and have a look at the others they are all slightly different and have pros and cons. For example PIK and INV have alot less issues with wx than the other fields but they are more of a trek to get to.
The only thing that doesn't change is scottish info with fisbangwallop and his mates giving a sterling service to us all.
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ATPL training in Scotland
Rob
Air Service Training is doing full or part time groundschool and ATPL modular flying
at Perth
try [email protected]
Air Service Training is doing full or part time groundschool and ATPL modular flying
at Perth
try [email protected]
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Another vote for Fife! Tayside have a very good relationship with Loganair and have a significant number of people who have started at Fife or Dundee doing an air experience flight and are now captains or first officers with Loganair or have gone on to other airlines. Fife is close to Edinburgh, only 40 minutes in the car. There is a lot of good airspace around, even a friendly radar service at Leuchars and Dundee ATC for a proper controlled approach. Currently here are C152 and C172 for training and rumours we may get a Piper from Dundee in the near future. All in all a nice place to learn
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