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October 12, 2017 12:00 am
Published by Mark
Firstly, huge congratulations to our student Glyn, who successfully passed his PPL Skills Test today!Glyn has fitted in his flight training around his cabin crew duties for a certain red-nosed airline operating not too far from Redhill, as well as helping us out on busy weekends at Redhill Aviation!Glyn has been learning on Cessna 152s and today flew G-BOYL with our in-house examiner Jill Develin. Today the weather was perfect for the test, unlike some of the days recently booked by Glyn!Co...
October 3, 2017 12:00 am
Published by Mark
Please, please, please can we encourage anyone reading this to URGENTLY send an email to Tandridge District Council opposing their plans for a Garden Village in Surrey. Most people are aware that Redhill Aerodrome has been chosen as one of the four potential sites, despite being Green Belt land. It is imperative that Tandridge are made aware that a Garden Village anywhere in Surrey is not a viable solution. The deadline for objections is 9 October.
September 30, 2017 12:00 am
Published by Mark
Our 17 year old student Shaun continued his successful week with Redhill Aviation by flying five brilliant solo circuits today!Earlier this week we celebrated the fact that Shaun had completed the last of his nine PPL theory exams - scoring an average of 84.1% over all nine exams.The aim of today's flight was to consolidate Shaun's solo flying and so he initially flew with instructor Laurance in C152 G-BZEC to practice circuits using Runway 18. This was a relatively unfamiliar runway for...
September 28, 2017 12:00 am
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Congratulations to our student Juan, who today flew his first solo!Juan initially started flying training 20 years ago in South America with his country's air force. He has now come back to flying and has rapidly reached the level to go solo.Juan flies regularly but has been a bit unlucky with the weather. However, finally this week the conditions were just right for his first solo flight. Here he is pictured with instructor Jim, in front of Cessna 152, G-BOYL.Congratulations Captain!!!...
September 25, 2017 12:00 am
Published by Mark
Congratulations one of our younger students, 17 year old Shaun, who today successfully completed his final PPL theory exam!Followers of our blog may remember that young Shaun flew his first solo with us just over a year ago - aged just 16!Shaun took the first three of the nine theory exams last year, prior to his solo flight, and immediately following his GCSEs. After a busy year at school, Shaun has been able to sit a further four theory exams during the 2017 summer holidays and has manage...
September 22, 2017 12:00 am
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Congratulations to our student Jonathan, a computer games programmer, who successfully passed his PPL Skills Test today!Jonathan initially commenced his training in Scotland, but work commitments prevented him from continuing his course. Jonathan joined Redhill Aviation earlier this summer and completed his PPL in just over 50 hours. The conditions today were ideal for the test, and Jonathan flew Cessna 152 G-BOYL with our in-house examiner, Laurance. Our student was first tasked to plan a ...
September 16, 2017 12:00 am
Published by Mark
Congratulations to our student Ken who flew his first solo today!Ken came to Redhill Aviation to continue with his PPL, having previously flown at Shoreham on the Sussex Coast. Ken initially started training in our PA28-181 but on the arrival of our 160hp Piper Cadet, G-CEZI, Ken rapidly found his feet. Even though work commitments have prevented as regular an attendance as he would like, Ken has progressed well.Although there were showers in the vicinity, the weather conditions remained id...
September 7, 2017 12:00 am
Published by Mark
Come and join us for our Autumn Fly Out to the delightful privately-owned farmstrip at Monewden, Ipswich, by kind permission of airfield owner Steve.About one hour's flight time from Redhill, Monewden is located 8 miles NE Ipswich / 2 miles N of Debach Airfield (pronounced "Debidge"). The grass runway (04/22) is 800 metres x 20 metres (so longer than Redhill's Rwy 08L/26R).Depending on the weather forecast and everyone's preferences, we will either bring picnics to enjoy on the airfield or get a...
September 6, 2017 12:00 am
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We are delighted to announce that the long-running works to Redhill's main runway are finally drawing to a close and that it has reopened today!We shall enjoy making the most of it before it gets too waterlogged over the winter to use!
September 2, 2017 12:00 am
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Followers of our blog will remember our young 14 year old student, Caspar, who produced a video of his first lesson covering taxi practice (if you missed it, the link is here). This week, the weather was much kinder to Caspar and he was finally able to have his first officially loggable flying lesson, bought as a 14th birthday present by his family.Caspar is an enthusiastic young aviator and a member of the Redhill and Reigate Air Cadets' Squadron. He and his father help out a...
