Flying Time Aviation - Latest News

06 November

2009

ATPL Ground School

Course dates and full details of our new ATPL courses commencing March 2010 are now available:

Early booking recommended for these popular courses.

October

2009

G-TLET

G-TLET has returned! Our diesel powered PA28 is back in service.

Price is £116 per hour inc VAT.

ATPL Ground School

Flying Time has appointed Mr Michael Keable as Chief Ground School Instructor. Our full time ATPL course commences in March 2010 with a competitive price structure. Please contact us for course details. Provisional bookings are being taken now.

New Instructor

Louise Mack has joined us as a flight instructor. Louise already has a number of PPL students and can also instruct on Night and IMC courses.

Congratulations...
First Solo	PPL	IMC
Sam Farley Tom Harbour John Harris Mike Parson Dan Scoon Russell Taylor Ife Olubowale ¹	Haci Boyraz Andy Ingram Eric Lesdema	Nick Griffin Bill King
MEP	ME-CPL	IR
Stuart Rainford	Phil Jones ² Jack Kuomi Elliot Millais Leon Rook	Elliot Millais ³
¹ Ife is only 16 years old and hopes to obtain his PPL in the next few weeks ² Phil is our first student on our ‘Zero to Hero’ programme and is now taking his Instrument Rating. ³ First time pass for Elliot, maintaining Flying Time’s 100% first time pass record for all commercial training.

August

2009

Stay IFR Current

Keep your IFR skills current for £100.

We now offer weekend courses (Sundays) for IFR qualified pilots who want to maintain their IFR skills. Courses every Sunday in our G1000™ DA42 FNPTII. Individual or group sessions available.

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July

2009

Low Cost Cessna

Cessna 152 hire rates are now the lowest at Shoreham airport. Our Cessna 152 now has GPS and is one of the nicest aircraft on the airport.

Try it out at £105.00 per hour inc VAT

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New DA40 G1000™

Our 6^th DA40 G1000™ G-CEZR returns to Shoreham at the end of July. The aircraft has very low hours, Garmin 1000, “Stormscope”™ and long range tanks.

This brings our G1000™ fleet up to 3 and will ease up the availability for this popular fantastic aircraft.

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Flying Time gains CAA approval for Instrument Rating courses in our new DA42 FNPTII Simulator

Approval has been given for up to 40 hours flight training to be completed in the simulator.

The simulator (installed in May 2009) has been extremely busy with I/R revalidation, G1000™ and Multi engine conversion courses.

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PA28 Simulator

A welcome new addition to our “Flight Simulator Centre” is a PA28 Warrior. The simulator has an enhanced graphic system. It’s as near as you can get to the real thing.

The simulator is a highly cost effective rate to practice those circuits and polish up your IMC skills. Rates are as low as £60 per hour Inc vat. Flying has never been this cheap. Give it a try.

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Aztec avionics improvements

Our Aztec G-BCCE has had a major avionics refit with the installation of a Garmin 530 GNS/Comm. system. This fantastic 6 seat twin is a great touring aircraft and the new Garmin avionics is a very welcome update.

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May

2009

New ALSIM FNPTII Simulator arrives at Shoreham for Flying Time

Manufactured in Nantes France, the new ALSIM FNPTII simulator arrived at Flying Time's facility at Shoreham Airport.

It is the first systems trainer to be installed in the UK to meet the new JARADCD requirements. Full CAA certification is in progress and the equipment will be in service for the current CPL and IR courses.

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Feb

2009

Special Offer

Anyone revalidating or renewing with us will receive a free, current 1:500,000 chart. So no excuses for not flying!

PA28 Systems Trainer

In addition to the ALSIM DA42 FNPTII, we will be installing a PA28 Systems Trainer. Produced by Virtual Flight at Billingshurst, the trainer has a full graphics display and will be a useful training aid for practising circuits at Shoreham. So you can perfect your circuits and landings even on cold, wet, non-flying days!

Congratulations...
First Solo	PPL	Night Qualification and IMC
Steven Denver Lloyd Grant Mark Scott	John Berry Bill King Neil Laughton Phil Simpson	Nick Griffin

Dec

2008

Flying Time Orders ALSIM AL200 DA42 Flight Simulator.

Flying Time Directors Tony Realff and Dick Rust confirmed they have ordered an ALSIM AL-200 DA42 Flight Simulator for Delivery spring 2009.

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Nov

2008

Shop On-Line for Flying Vouchers

Flying vouchers and the ever popular "Flying Start" programme now available for purchase on-line, the perfect Christmas Gift!

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