Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club

The Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club is a flying club based at Bristol Airport, providing plane hire, flying instruction and a ground school for general aviation. The club is one of the United Kingdom's oldest; it was formed in 1927 and officially opened by the Air Minister, Sir Samuel Hoare, on 8 October of that year.

Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club
TypeLimited company
IndustryFlying training
Founded8 October 1927 (1927-10-08)
Headquarters
Bristol Airport, Lulsgate Bottom, North Somerset, England
,
United Kingdom
ServicesGift Flights, self-fly hire, NPPL, PPL, LAPL, IMC rating, Night rating
Websitebristolandwessex.co.uk

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Operations
Charlie Hotel, Bristol and Wessex's Cessna 172S

The Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club operates from the Bristol Flying School building in the Silver Zone of Bristol Airport, where it has classrooms and a restaurant. Its fleet includes a Cessna 172S (G-LLCH), a Cessna C182Q (G-IFAB), two Piper PA-28-140s (G-AXTL and G-BCJN), a Piper PA-28-161 (G-GFCB) and a Piper PA-28R-200 (G-BIZO).

The Club provides gift flights, self-fly plane hire and flying training. They instruct for the Private Pilot Licence, NPPL, LAPL,[4] the IMC Rating and Night Rating

Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee Cruiser of the Bristol & Wessex Aeroplane Club lands at Bristol Airport, England (2016). Built 1974.

References
  1. "Bristol City Council: Parks and open spaces: Hengrove Park". www.bristol.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  2. Berryman, David (2006). Somerset airfields in the Second World War. Newbury: Countryside Books. pp. 159–179. ISBN 1-85306-864-0.
  3. Wakefield, Kenneth (1997). "Somewhere in the West Country": The History of Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport, 1930-1957. Wilmslow: Crécy. ISBN 0-947554-65-3.
  4. "Light aircraft pilot licence (LAPL) | UK Civil Aviation Authority". www.caa.co.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
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