Getting Started

Key information for beginning pilots covering terminology, schools, and preparation basics. Articles help you understand requirements and make informed choices about training.

A Glossary of Flying Terms

```html A complete glossary of every aviation term would fill several textbooks. What you will find here are the terms you are most likely to encounter as...

Choosing a Flying School

Flying Clubs Versus Flying Schools Before you start ringing round airfields, it helps to understand the difference between a flying club and a dedicated...

Choosing and Joining a Flying Club

Most people choose their first flying club the obvious way: they pick the one they have heard of, know how to reach, and assume is broadly similar to any...

Choosing the Right Aviation Sunglasses

There is a certain image that comes to mind when you think of a pilot: the confident stance, the flying jacket and, of course, the sunglasses. But for...

History of Flying

The Very Beginning The history of flying stretches back far further than most people realise. Long before the Wright Brothers lifted off at Kitty Hawk in...

Licence Requirements

Age Requirements You can start taking flying lessons at any age, but there are minimum age thresholds that matter. You cannot log flying hours until you...

Planning Your Flying Training

```html Stephen Covey's advice to begin with the end in mind applies nowhere more usefully than when planning your flying training. Getting your approach...

Preparation for Flying Lessons

```html Flying lessons are not cheap. At current UK rates, a typical hour of dual instruction in a Cessna 152 or Piper PA-28 will cost somewhere between...