Private and recreational flying · Private-pilot course
PPL / NPPL (Aeroplane)
The Cotswold Aero Club · Gloucestershire Airport, Cheltenham · United Kingdom
At a glance
- Training category
- Private and recreational flying
- Aircraft category
- Fixed-wing (aeroplane)
- Prepares for
- UK PPL(A) / NPPL
- Jurisdiction
- United Kingdom
- Authority
- UK CAA
- Training framework
- UK declared training organisation (DTO)
- Training base
- Gloucestershire Airport (EGBJ)
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Schedule not stated
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- Training for the PPL or the shorter NPPL (aeroplane), with IMC and night rating also offered.
- Completion provides
- Training towards the licence chosen; issued by the CAA after tests.
- 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
- 16 (as 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
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 declared training organisation (DTO)Declaration
Reference: GBR.DTO.0023
Scope: Aero, SEP Land, Night(A), PPL(A)
A record for the school does not necessarily cover this specific course; the scope is shown where the source states it.