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FLYING TRAINING

Pioneering Advanced Flying Training in the UK

ADVANCED FLYING (LONDON) LTD OFFERS:

1. The best available training aircraft for the tasks-the Pitts Special S-2C,
2. Highest available standards of aircraft maintenance.
3. Military style Alpha helmets provided and seat-pack parachutes.
4. Instruction from ex-military (RAF) fully-qualified Flying Instructors (FI), airline instructors (TRI), competition aerobatic winners and display pilots (DA).
5. Innovative natural flying techniques.
6. Carefully researched curriculum.
7. Unmatched quality time and individual attention with thorough preparation.
8. Dedicated and copyrighted course materials.
9. Optional video playback session/DVD.
10. Optional written debriefs after each sortie.
11. Impeccable maintenance of student records.
12. Certificated completion of each module with log-book endorsement.
13. First-class customer service.

No previous flying experience is necessary; training to PPL via an aerobatic oriented course is possible and recommended. For experienced pilots of all levels, courses are tailored accordingly. Unfortunately we are unable to take up a pilot weighing over 13.6 stone (87kg) and taller than 6'4" (1.95 metres) in our Pitts S2-C.

Courses

We have a strong desire to find out your individual training needs and meet them. The following courses have been designed with this in mind. Please scroll down to see all of our courses. We can also tailor a course to suit your needs.

CORE AEROBATICS TRAINING COURSES

THE ADVANCED FLYING COURSE:

The thrust of advanced flying – where most of the unique techniques are taught. Upon satisfactory completion of the course pilots will also gain an AOPA Basic Aerobatic Certificate. This course is made up of 8 hours of flying in 10-12 lessons (see below for lesson format) and the same again in ground school elements.

The applied syllabus of the Advanced Flying Course includes training for the exercises below taught in a specific sequence of bite-sized chunks to enhance progress.

• Angle of Attack (natural) flying
• Steep turns (various speeds) using natural technique
• Adverse Yaw upright and inverted
• Slipstream, torque and gyroscopic effects
• Sideslipping and sideslipping approaches
• Tailwheel training
• Coordination exercises: Application of natural technique to stalling (upright), stalling inverted, stalling coordination exercise
• Spinning – inducing a spin, incipient spinning and recovery, falling leaf. Coordination exercises with upright and inverted spinning. Practice in: normal spin, upright flat spin, upright flat spin with power, investigate spin entries and different recovery techniques. Practice: inverted spinning, inverted flat spin, inverted flat spins with power.
• Upright and inverted spin mishandling.
• Inverted turns.
• Unusual Attitude recoveries, (incl spiral dives).
• Turning and manoeuvre – max rate, max “g”, minimum radius turns. Optimising turns by using vertical / oblique planes. Application of turning – the wingover as a positioning manoeuvre and its variations. Basic fighter combat manoeuvres as training exercises – Hi Yo-Yo, Lo Yo-Yo, Rolling Scissors Split-S and Immelman turn. Further Emergency Manoeuvre training – break turns.
• Forced Landings - advanced technique.
• Basic Manoeuvres: Loop, Barrel Roll, Slow Roll and Stall Turn.
• Combination Manoeuvres: Half Cuban, Half Reverse Cuban, Roll-off-the-top.
• Sequence construction, energy and positioning.

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THE ADVANCED FLYING COMPETITION COURSE – follows 'The Advanced Flying Course'

This course is made up of eight hours of flying in 10-12 lessons (see below for lesson format). Upon satisfactory completion of the course pilots will also gain an AOPA Standard Aerobatic Certificate. Ground school is more focused on competition aerobatic considerations: the Aresti system and sequence design, more advanced mechanics of flight and airmanship. The lessons and integral ground school elements cover the following:

• Power, speed, rudder and balance, torque and gyroscopics.
• Developing the slow roll: hesitations and on 45 degree climbing and descending lines.
• Developing the loop.
• The competition spin.
• Developing the wingover – barrel roll (various speeds and angles); clover.
• The vertical line and intro to fractions of vertical rolls.
• Combinations of partial loops and rolls on 45 degree, vertical and horizontal lines: Roll-off-the-Top, Humpty and Split-S.
• Stall turns and tail slides (and mishaps on vertical lines!)
• The flick roll.
• Knife Edge Flight.
• Cuban and Half Cuban - Eights for competition.
• Standard Level competition Known sequences and Free sequence design and construction.
• Sequence flying (Standard Level): energy, safety heights and positioning.

THE ADVANCED FLYING MASTERS COURSE - follows 'The Advanced Flying Competition Course'

This course is made up of eight hours of flying in 10-12 lessons (see below for lesson format) and ground school elements. Upon satisfactory completion of the course pilots will also gain an AOPA Intermediate Certificate. The focus of the syllabus is on the vertical roll, positive and negative flick manoeuvres (and fractions) on climbing and descending lines, negative looping figures and rolling circles.

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