March 19, 2017 12:00 pm
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Despite the challenging weather conditions, we had a great turnout for our Breakfast Fly Out to Thruxton today!As we always enjoy meeting fellow pilots, we extended the invitation to take part to non-members of Redhill Aviation and were delighted that several outside aircraft were able to join us.The forecast wasn’t ideal for our trip out today, showing that it was going to be very windy, with a cloudbase lower than we would have really liked.TAF EGKK 190459Z 1906/2012 26012KT 9999 BKN008 BECMG ...
March 19, 2017 11:00 am
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Congratulations to our student Andrew who today passed both his Navigation and Meteorology theory exams with a mark of 100%!A brilliant achievement, well done Andrew.
March 17, 2017 12:00 am
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Congratulations to our member Erdinc, who successfully revalidated his licence today with our in-house examiner Tuhin in our PA28 G-BIUY.Erdinc first got his PPL in 1982 but his licence lapsed some time ago. He has been doing some refresher training with our instructors and as part of that, chose to get a cross channel checkout at the same time by flying to Le Touquet!The weather this week has been dry, sunny and pretty warm at Redhill - resulting in the grass runway 26R unexpectedly opening up ...
March 15, 2017 12:00 am
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At Redhill Aviation Flight Centre we have certainly been busy so far this year, with lots of new members signing up to fly with us.We enjoy working with members & students from a huge variety of backgrounds. As a few examples: New members Georg and Oliver have joined us to commence their initial PPL training; Callum is an airline pilot who wishes to renew his Single Engine Piston rating in our PA28 Archer; Mark is a glider pilot who is already “flying” through his ...
March 12, 2017 12:00 am
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Congratulations to our student Henry who today passed his practical radiotelephony exam with our in-house RT examiner, Jill Develin. Henry is looking to complete his Skills Test very soon, so watch this space....Congratulations Henry, and best of luck with your Skills Test!What is involved in the practical RT exam?The practical RT exam can be carried out here at Redhill Aviation and is designed to demonstrate your competence using the radio, by following correct phraseology and procedures.T...
March 5, 2017 12:00 am
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We are pleased to be able to pass on this further announcement from the British Women Pilots' Association in relation to a SEVENTH Scholarship Opportunity available for members of the BWPA:Now announcing our seventh Scholarship for 2017 – the BWPA Air Total Scholarship 2017! Following on from our recent announcement of six BWPA Scholarships for 2017, we are now very pleased to be able to announce an exciting seventh Scholarship for female pilots in 2017, the BWPA Air Total Flying ...
February 23, 2017 12:00 am
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You never know what might happen and as such in aviation you should be prepared that your plans may not always go as you would hope.Just last week, our student Luca was sent on only his second solo flight in the circuit at Redhill on Runway 25. After he had completed two circuits, the runway became blocked and was therefore not available. The tower instructed Luca, along with one other aircraft, to fly the circuit pattern at 1,200' while the blockage was cleared.Fortunately, Luca had b...
February 22, 2017 12:00 am
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Despite the murky weather today, we were excited to witness the footings being poured for our replacement building. For those that haven't visited us recently, our offices are currently based in a temporary (but nicely equipped!) "portacabin" after the far end of our previous building was gutted by an electrical fire nearly two years ago. We were fortunate to have been unaffected by the devastation but we were obliged to eventually move to temporary accommodation while the bui...
February 22, 2017 12:00 am
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Congratulations to one of our student Ernest who passed his Air Law theory exam today. We feel this achievement deserves particular mention as he is aged 77!Ernest is fulfilling a long-held ambition in undertaking flight training and is an inspiration to us all.It just goes to show, it is never too late to try to fulfil your dreams!
February 18, 2017 12:00 am
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Today we were visited by 12 year old aviation addict Phillip, plus his family, for Phillip’s first air experience flight in a Cessna 152.Young Phillip is fascinated by the RAF and the history of WWII and already has an impressive collection of model aircraft which he has painstakingly built and painted in his free time. Phillip hopes to become an historic aircraft engineer when he is older.The eagle-eyed amongst you might recognise Phillip and his family from their recent appearance on CBB...
