Private and recreational flying · Private-pilot course
Private Pilot's Licence PPL(H)
Helicentre Aviation Academy · Leicester Airport, Leicester · United Kingdom
At a glance
- Training category
- Private and recreational flying
- Aircraft category
- Helicopter
- Prepares for
- Private Pilot Licence (Helicopters) PPL(H)
- Jurisdiction
- United Kingdom
- Authority
- UK CAA
- Training framework
- UK approved training organisation (ATO)
- Training base
- Leicester Airport
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Schedule not stated
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- 45 hours of flight instruction on the Guimbal Cabri G2 with classroom briefings, one-to-one theory instruction and nine theory exam attempts.
- Completion provides
- Preparation for the PPL(H) skill test; package includes the radiotelephony practical and the skill test examiner fee.
- Still required
- Theory exams, radiotelephony practical and skill test (fees listed as included in the package)
- 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
- 18 (as published)
- Prerequisites
- Not published
- Prior qualifications
- Not published
- Required experience
- Not published
- Language requirements
- Not published
- Medical
- Class 2 medical certificate before first solo
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
At least 25 dual and 10 supervised solo; the page warns more may be needed
Advertised package hours
- Flight: 45 h
- Dual: 25 h
- Solo: 10 h
- Ground: 60 h
- About 50 hours classroom briefings plus 10 hours one-to-one theory instruction
School-reported typical completion
Not published. No typical completion time is estimated here.
- Calendar duration
- Not published
- Intake / booking
- Not published
Training stages and assessments
Examinations and assessments
- Nine theory exam attempts
- Radiotelephony practical
- Skill test
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.0157
Scope: Listed courses include Commercial Pilot Licence (Helicopters) Integrated and Modular Flying, CPL(H) and ATPL(H) Modular Theoretical Knowledge (Residential & Distance Learning), Private Pilot Licence (Helicopters), Light Aircraft Pilot Licence (Helicopters), Night Rating (Helicopters), Flight Instructor (Helicopters), Type Rating Guimbal Cabri G2 and Robinson R44. The Oxford centre is not shown in the extract of the CAA document that was reviewed.
A record for the school does not necessarily cover this specific course; the scope is shown where the source states it.