Although this training is not a formal course, dual instruction and supervision of solo flights is needed to ensure all of the experience requirements required for the JAR CPL/IR are met within the minimum regulatory number of flying hours.

The Flight Experience Course has been designed with this in mind as well as providing the pilots with challenging flights to develop their capabilities and a good preparation for the advanced flight training. Guidance is given on flight skills and procedures by a Commercial Instructor to ensure that the pilot develops towards a CPL level of competence during the flight experience.

All training takes place in a Cessna 152 and includes the necessary entry requirements for the CPL course:

• 20 hours cross-country flight time as pilot-in-command.
  
  
• A VFR 540-km/300 nautical mile cross-country flight in the course of which full-stop landings at two aerodromes other than the departure aerodrome shall be made.
  
  
• Five hours night flying as pilot of aeroplanes, comprising of at least three hours dual instruction, including one hour cross-country navigation and five solo take-offs and five full-stop landings.

Solo - £79 per hour for block bookings of between 72 - 99 hours

Dual - £148 per hour with a CPL instructor