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In this video, I try and share how to get your Private Pilot Licence in the UK and all things PPL training? Make sure you check out Air Navigation and Trading for PPL training in the NW UK.
What is a Private Pilot License ( PPL )? 1:08
How do you get an EASA PPL? 1:28
I discuss the flying element and the ground school part too (including the private pilot written exam)!
Factors to consider when selecting a flying school for your private pilot license? 2:41
How long does it take to get a Private Pilot Licence?
How much does an EASA PPL cost? 3:42
Thank you to everyone who sent in questions on Instagram!
What did I use to study for my private pilot licence? 3:56
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Check out my video on essential PPL equipment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp22j...
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Hey everybody thank you for tuning in today we're going to be talking about getting your PPL and all
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the questions that are involved in doing so don't forget to find this useful don't forget to like
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the video and subscribe to the channel so first of all thank you so much to everybody that sent
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in questions on Instagram to do this your support and help is really truly appreciated so for those
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you that are interested I did most of my hour building aircraft actually with
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ANT it's absolutely amazing PA-28 nice and comfy inside as you can see there
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so first of all massive thanks to Ross and all the team at ANT for allowing me to come down and shoot this video
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so yeah the goal of today then is to just try and answer all your questions about the private pilot's license and what is involved in doing your private
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pilot's license I did most of my hour building in this particular aircraft so
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being here actually brings back a lot of memories today so the first question
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then is what is your private pilot's license your private pilot's license is basically a license that allows you to fly one of these in good weather with
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your family and friends now the big thing about the private pilot's license is you're not allowed to actually earn any money from flying but it's still a
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great tool to have and you can do a lot of exploring and have a great a lot of fun actually in one of these airplanes so the next question then is how do you
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get your PPL it's actually pretty straightforward I guess the first step
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I'll say is before you launch in and spend loads and loads of money on flying is I just go and do what's called a trial lesson first of all we'll just let
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the police helicopter go and it's going home so yeah first things first is go
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and do a trial lesson and then that basically allows you to get a feel for it and it also gives you an opportunity to see whether you really have the aptitude for flying or not Once you done that you need to get a medical and if you doing a full private pilot license then you need to get ideally a class 2 medical or a class 1 medical if you want to fly professionally So once you got your medical then the next thing that you need
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to do is to find a flight school. So I'm here at A&T in Blackpool but have a look online for the
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flight school that's closest to you that will work best for you. Now the actual flying part of the PPL
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consists of a minimum of 45 hours it's 25 hours of dual instructions and also
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includes 10 hours of supervised solo so during your PPL course you'll get the
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opportunity to fly one of these solo on your own towards various milestones
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culminating in what's called your qualifying cross country. A couple of things to consider when choosing your flight school for your PPL is what's the
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instructor availability is a long waiting list now with COVID-19 hopefully schools getting back on their feet it hopefully should be a little bit quieter
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but still you want to ask the questions. You also want to consider things like
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elevation. How high is the airfield you're going to be learning from? Really high airfields tend to have pretty poor weather unfortunately particularly in the
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winter. Really low fields tend to get away with it a bit more. You also want to
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consider whether it's gonna be grass or tarmac strip. Both are completely fine and both will work for you and people's you know work very well at both of those
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locations but the one thing to bear in mind is grass strips tend to get boggy
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in the winter and sometimes you can't find the airfield. It's closed for a good amount of time but just talk to the airfield that you're considering doing
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your PPL with and they'll give you pretty good guidance of that. In terms of
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the training you've got nine theoretical exams to sit they're all pretty good and pretty straightforward completely fine you've got instructors at your flight
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school who can help you out maybe for a little bit more money give you some instruction and so on in your ground school that's that's perfect and then
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on to the flying bit now. So the next question I had was how much does a PPL
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cost? For PPL you're looking anywhere from about seven and a half thousand pounds to about £10,000 just depending on where you did your PPM and what kind of aircraft you did it
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So yeah thanks everyone who sent the questions in via Instagram So one of the questions that I got here is what did I use to study So there a link in the description but there a set of books that I bought from Poodies you can get them from other sources and they basically go through
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all the material for you there. For the stuff that I wasn't sure about I'd also
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top that up with some ground school instruction from the flight in
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instructors. One of the things I used to do is on a rainy day even though the
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weather wasn't great I'd still turn up and I'll normally take the rainy days to get through my ground school as we get a lot of rainy days in the UK so
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yeah absolutely just because the weather isn't perfect just keep going you never
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know what you can get out the day had a question here that's asking am I a cats aviation student absolutely I am cats I found them really good for my
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distance learning not for my PPL but for later on when I came to do my ATPL
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theory so got a question here if I had to do my training again what would I do
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differently on this dance is probably not a great deal I was really happy with with with with my training and had a lot of fun I think I'll maybe I've just
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try to enjoy it a bit more rather than just push for the next milestone but it's one of those I
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guess maybe if I hadn't finished as soon as I had I might have been maybe less fortunate or not quite
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as lucky in the job market to get the break and go into the airlines who knows but yeah I would
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say maybe if I could just have enjoyed it a bit more that would have been absolutely marvelous so I got another question here I did my PPL in Germany where in the UK can I do my hour building
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um that's a really good question so there's lots and lots of different places that you can I think
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what you need to do is to do your own research and figure out what would potentially work best
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for you. We've got the police helicopter coming so I might be interrupted at any
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moment but we'll keep going and what I say is figure out what works best for
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you is decide whether it makes more sense to do a no equity scheme or to
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outbuild amongst a flying glove a bit like I did in this particular aircraft
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or to buy a share in an aircraft and then go from there. Once again just have a
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look and figure out what would work best for you and your current situation. All
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have different pros and cons there's a different kind of cost profile if you
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bought your own aircraft you pay high upfront cost but lower per hour cost if you in a no equity scheme um it kind of a nice middle ground your hourly rate is maybe not as low as somebody with their own aircraft but it not
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that much higher and if you're in a club environment it's no commitment so you can come and go as you
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wish but your hourly cost is maybe slightly higher so yeah just figure out what works best one of the
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questions that I got was how do you learn NAV absolutely NAV is probably one of the toughest
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subjects in PPL. The best way I'd say is to be, and also this is the advice that Ross gave me who's one of the flight instructors here at
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ANT, is just start with the basics first before looking at the flight
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computer, looking at true headings, all that kind of stuff that's gonna confuse you
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Just get the basics nailed down first and once you've got the basics nailed down
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that's when you can then start looking at using your flight computer, you know, true
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heading, drift, wind correction, all that sort of stuff on there. Now the other
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thing that's also discussed is if you're going to spend any money on extra
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tuition during your PPL for ground school, NAV is probably one of the best places
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of the most money well spent areas. Your NAV doesn't go away and particularly if
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you want to fly commercially it continues to come up later during your CPL and beyond so yeah it's unfortunately not one you can hide away
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Another question here, will I go back to flying GA? Absolutely I mean I'm here today
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and yeah just being sat back in aircraft and thinking I just want to go flying so yeah absolutely
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hopefully once the restrictions are lifted and we can get back to flying up
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so we will be looking to get back into GA
#Recreational Aviation