Our School - Why?
It's simple - We're the Best!
The facilities at Popham are fantastic. Grass runways, beautiful location and easy to get to because it's close to the M3. Only a 40 minute drive from London.
There are several other reasons you should think seriously about choosing our school. One is that we are the busiest school in the UK. Now that might seem like a silly statement for a reason to choose our school, but if you think about it for a moment there's some hidden factors within that statement.
FIRST CLASS SERVICE
Firstly we wouldn't be very busy if we didn't give a First Class Service to our members and secondly, because we are so busy, we've got lots of aircraft and lots of really friendly and enthusiastic instructors and Greg, our own full-time aircraft engineer. This means that you'll never be cancelled because of aircraft unserviceability or instructors suddenly deciding to abandon their students and going off on competitions at short notice.
WE'RE OPEN 363 DAYS A YEAR
We only have Christmas and Boxing Days off every year so that's seven days a week that we're operational - weather permitting of course. Seventy five percent of the year is flyable so we maximise the time we are available to match yours. We're not afraid of training you in windy conditions either. Not that we'd ever permit our students to fly in unsuitable conditions, but we think it's imperative that our students are capable of handling bad conditions should they arise unexpectedly. We take safety very seriously. We don't have accidents.
Lovely airborne scenery, especially for those flights over the Solent down to the Isle of Wight for a maybe a swim at Bembridge or Sandown, or over the rolling hills of Dorset to float over the Purbecks or visit beautiful airfields like Compton Abbas...
You'll have regular monthly get-togethers at a local pub with interesting speakers where you can meet other enthusiatic aviators and discuss the things that interest you. You'll also receive our monthly newsletter. This is so good that members keep renewing their subscriptions every year even though they've long since given up flying.
Training Information Pack
This is the brochure that we give to everyone who comes for a Trial Lesson. You can download it from here if you like. It's a large PDF file so it might take a little while to come through but click on the headline below and then go and get a cup of tea ... but do come back to read the rest.