Private and recreational flying · Private-pilot course
Private Pilot Licence (PPL)
Aeros Flight Training · Aeros Academy Gloucester, Cheltenham · United Kingdom
At a glance
- Training category
- Private and recreational flying
- Aircraft category
- Fixed-wing (aeroplane)
- Prepares for
- Private Pilot Licence (Aeroplanes) with SEP class rating
- Jurisdiction
- United Kingdom
- Authority
- UK CAA
- Training framework
- UK approved training organisation (ATO)
- Training base
- Aeros Academy Gloucester
- Delivery
- Blended (theory online, flying in person)
- Schedule
- Flexible
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- Combined practical flight training and theoretical knowledge for light single-engine piston aeroplanes.
- Completion provides
- Course designed to meet requirements to sit the theory and skill test for the licence.
- Still required
- 9 theory exams and the skill test with an examiner
- 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
- GCSEs and fluent English as stated
- Prior qualifications
- No extra qualifications needed
- Required experience
- Not published
- Language requirements
- Fluent English
- Medical
- Class 2 medical from a CAA authorised Medical Examiner
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
45 h flight time
Includes at least 10 hours solo, as stated by the school
Advertised package hours
- Solo: 10 h
School-reported typical completion
60 h flight timeFAQ says most finish within 60 hours depending on frequency, aptitude and weather
- Calendar duration
- Not published
- Intake / booking
- Not published
Training stages and assessments
Examinations and assessments
- 9 theory exams
Published prices
No price is published on the sources researched for this program. Use Request Information to ask the school.
- Deposit and cancellation
- Not published
Authority records for this school and base
Verified in authority recordUK CAAUK approved training organisation (ATO)Approval
Reference: GBR.ATO.0105
Scope: Listed courses include Private Pilot Licence (Aeroplanes), Commercial Pilot Licence (Aeroplanes) Modular Flying, Instrument Rating (Aeroplanes) Modular Flying, Competency Based Modular Instrument Rating (Aeroplanes) Modular Flying, Night Rating, Class Ratings SEP/MEP, Flight Instructor (Aeroplanes), ATPL (Aeroplanes) Modular Theoretical Knowledge (Distance Learning). The CAA document lists a Coventry address; the satellite bases are not individually shown in the extract reviewed.
Stated by the schoolUK CAAUK approved training organisation (ATO)Approval
Reference: GBR.ATO.0105
Scope: School states it is a CAA Approved Training Organisation; fastrack page lists ATO bases Cardiff, Gloucester, Leeds East, Wellesbourne and DTO partnerships at Bristol, Leeds, Lee on Solent.
A record for the school does not necessarily cover this specific course; the scope is shown where the source states it.