HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE?
A LAPL has a minimum time requirement of just 30 hours instructed flying; with such short hours you would be able to earn your Licence in just 1 month! You can complete the LAPL either intensively or casually over a few weeks or months.
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?
Our team of Flight Instructor’s will demonstrate the techniques to for you to gain the competences to achieve a high level of flying skill to make you a safe and competent pilot. Our structured LAPL course follows a set syllabus at your pace. Our optional ground school programme tailored to your progress through your LAPL flight training and will help you to pass the necessary exams first time round.
The Ground School exams are the same for the PPL course:
• Air Law
• Meteorology
• Human Performance
• Communications
• Operational Procedures
• Principles of Flight
• Flight Performance & Planning
• Aircraft General Knowledge
• Navigation
We offer Ground School sessions linked to your progress through your LAPL Training or PPL course, to help you to learn at your own pace.
WHAT ARE THE PRIVILEGES?
The LAPL entitles you, the pilot, to fly aircraft up to 2000kg and up to 3 passengers (most Light aircraft only have 4 seats) on private flights in visual flight conditions (VFR) and at night with the additional night rating – please see our Night Rating information sheet for more details.
WHAT MEDICAL DO YOU NEED?
The medical requirements for a LAPL are not as demanding as it if for the PPL, however, you would still need to take a visit your local CAA Approved Medical Examiner (AME). Airspace FTS recommend Dr Wallis of ‘Fit to Fly’ for aviation medicals.
ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION?
A LAPL can be upgraded to a full EASA PPL if required and further progression can be made such as by qualifying as a flying instructor or gaining your Commercial Pilot’s Licence.
HOW LONG WILL IT LAST?
Both Licences are valid for a lifetime but have to be kept current throughout a certain period of time.
SO, WHAT NOW?
So, if the LAPL is for you – knowing what you know now – then check out our prices, speak to our staff and let’s get you started! Airspace FTS is proud to be one of the UK’s first Approved Training Organisations (ATO) that offers this course; we have a team of highly skilled Flight Instructors that can accommodate to your flight training
requirements!
COURSE BREAKDOWN:
The flight instruction element of the LAPL (A) course consists of a minimum of 30 hours of flight instruction including at least:
• 15 hours of dual flight instruction, and
• 6 hours of supervised solo flight time
• Of the 6 hours supervised solo flight time, a minimum of 3 hours must be solo cross-country flight time
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?
• Pre-flight procedures, (e.g. loading and aircraft inspection);
• Aerodrome and traffic patterns operations, collisions avoidance and procedures;
• Control of the aircraft by external visual reference;
• Flight at critically slow airspeeds, recognition of, and recovery from, incipient and full stalls;
• Flight at critically high air speeds, recognition of, and recovery from a spiral dive;
• Normal and crosswind take-offs and landings;
• Short field and obstacle clearance take-offs, short-field landings;
• Cross country flying using visual references, dead reckoning procedure and use of radio navigation aids
• Emergency procedures, including simulated aeroplane equipment failures;
• Flight operations to, from, and transiting controlled aerodromes, compliance with air traffic services (ATS) procedures, communication procedures and phraseology
Throughout the flight instruction element of the LAPL course, there is an emphasis on using ‘Threat and Error Management’ (TEM) techniques to develop sound judgement and aid decision making.
During your training you will complete a solo cross country flight of at least 150 kilometres (80 nautical miles), during which a full stop landing is made at an airfield different from the departure airfield.
A Basic Instrument Training Device (BITD) may be used for training for navigation using radio navigation aids
DEFINITIONS:
‘Dual flight instruction’ means training flight time under the command of a flight instructor.
‘Solo flight time’ means flight time during which the student pilot is the sole occupant of the aircraft
Flight time is defined as the period from when the aeroplane first moves with the intention of taking off, until it comes to a final rest at the end of the flight
THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE:
Theoretical knowledge element of the LAPL (A) course consists of theoretical knowledge instruction in nine subjects. This theoretical knowledge instruction may be in the form of formal ‘classroom’ group lectures, or one-on-one theoretical instruction from a Flight Instructor, and may also be ‘directed self-instruction’ (e.g. distance learning) by the student pilot using a variety of media.
The theoretical knowledge subjects are:
• Air Law;
• Operational Procedures;
• Communications;
• Meteorology;
• Navigation;
• Flight Planning and Performance;
• Aircraft General Knowledge;
• Principles of Flight;
• Human Performance.
All required exams must be passed within a period of 18 months (counted from the end of the calendar month when the first examination was attempted). Once all the exams have been passed, the passes remain valid for 24 months. The student pilot must achieve a pass in all written examinations before taking the Skill Test.
There is no minimum or maximum calendar time for completing the LAPL (A) course.
SO WHAT DOES IT COST?
The LAPL is the less expensive option than the full PPL course because the minimum amount of flying hours required is lower.
You can pay for your LAPL 30 hour course up front at the discounted price
Please see our Course fees:
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