Bristol_and_Wessex_Aeroplane_Club

Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club

Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club

Flying club based in Bristol, United Kingdom

The Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club is a flying club based at Bristol Airport, providing plane hire, flying instruction and a ground school for general aviation. The club was formed in 1927 and officially opened by the Air Minister, Sir Samuel Hoare, on 8 October of that year.[citation needed]

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Operations

Charlie Hotel, Bristol and Wessex's Cessna 172S pictured in 2014
Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee Cruiser of the Bristol & Wessex Aeroplane Club lands at Bristol Airport, England (picture in 2016). Built 1974.

The Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club operates from the Bristol Flying School building in the Silver Zone of Bristol Airport, where it has classrooms and a restaurant.

The club provides trial flights, self-fly hire and professional flying training. They instruct for the Private Pilot Licence, NPPL, LAPL,[4] the IMC rating, night tating and multi-engine piston rating.

References

  1. [1]
    "Bristol City Council: Parks and open spaces: Hengrove Park". www.bristol.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  2. [2]
    Berryman, David (2006). Somerset airfields in the Second World War. Newbury: Countryside Books. pp. 159–179. ISBN 1-85306-864-0.
  3. [3]
    Wakefield, Kenneth (1997). "Somewhere in the West Country": The History of Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport, 1930-1957. Wilmslow: Crécy. ISBN 0-947554-65-3.
  4. [4]
    "Light aircraft pilot licence (LAPL) | UK Civil Aviation Authority". www.caa.co.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
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