Introductory flying · Discovery flight
Piloto por um dia (pilot for a day)
Aero Club de Portugal (AeCP) · Cascais, Cascais · Portugal
This is an introductory experience
At a glance
- Training category
- Introductory flying
- Aircraft category
- Fixed-wing (aeroplane)
- Prepares for
- No qualification (experience or skills course)
- Jurisdiction
- Portugal
- Authority
- Not published
- Training framework
- Not stated
- Training base
- Cascais (LPCS)
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Schedule not stated
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- Briefing (~1 h), aircraft preparation and inspection (~30 min) and a ~45 min scenic flight over Sintra or Cascais at the controls of a Cessna 152 or 172 with a club pilot beside you.
- Completion provides
- Experience only; no formal credit stated.
- Still required
- Not stated by the school. Check the authority's requirements.
- Approval scope
- The source does not say how this course relates to the school's approval.
A course completion certificate is not necessarily a pilot licence or rating. The licensing authority issues licences and ratings after its own requirements are met.
Entry requirements
- Minimum age
- Not published
- Prerequisites
- Not published
- Prior qualifications
- Not published
- Required experience
- Not published
- Language requirements
- Not published
- Medical
- Not stated by the school
Only an official aeromedical assessment can establish medical fitness. This site does not decide eligibility.
Duration and hours
These figures answer different questions and must not be read as one another. Weather, aircraft availability, student progress, examinations and scheduling all affect real completion time.
Regulatory minimum
Not recorded for this program.
Advertised package hours
Not published.
School-reported typical completion
Not published. No typical completion time is estimated here.
- Calendar duration
- Not published
- Intake / booking
- Not published
Published prices
EUR 225Discovery-flight priceprice date 17 October 2026
One short introductory flight. Not comparable with course prices.
From 225 EUR per the club home page; included/excluded items not stated
- Aircraft:
- Cessna 152 or 172
- Ground instruction:
- Not stated
- Simulator time:
- Not stated
- Fuel:
- Not stated
- Rental basis:
- Not stated
- Taxes:
- Not stated
- Landing fees:
- Not stated
- Examinations:
- Not stated
- Medical examination:
- Not stated
- Equipment:
- Not stated
- Accommodation:
- Not stated
Source: aecp.pt/operacoes
Prices are shown in the original currency on the date given and are not converted. Hourly rates and package prices answer different questions and are not compared here. Check the school for current prices.
- Deposit and cancellation
- Not published
Authority records for this school and base
Verified in authority recordANAC (Portugal)Declared training organisation (DTO), national authorityDeclaration
Reference: PT.DTO.003
Scope: Declared training organisation; the ANAC list does not state course scope. Match by name only (list address is a Lisbon secretariat).
A record for the school does not necessarily cover this specific course; the scope is shown where the source states it.