Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club explained

Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club
Type:	Limited company
Location City:	Bristol Airport, Lulsgate Bottom, North Somerset, England
Location Country:	United Kingdom
Industry:	Flying training
Services:	Trial Flights, self-fly hire, PPL, LAPL, IMC rating, Night rating, Multi Engine Piston

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 was formed in 1927 and officially opened by the Air Minister, Sir Samuel Hoare, on 8 October of that year. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Operations

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.

The club provides trial flights, self-fly hire and professional flying training. They instruct for the Private Pilot Licence, NPPL, LAPL,^[4] the IMC rating, night tating and multi-engine piston rating.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bristol City Council: Parks and open spaces: Hengrove Park. https://archive.today/20121224031754/http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/content/Environment-Planning/Parks-and-open-spaces/parks/hengrove-park.en?page=2%23internalSection2. dead. 24 December 2012. www.bristol.gov.uk. 21 August 2017.
2. Book: Berryman, David . Somerset airfields in the Second World War . 2006 . Countryside Books . Newbury . 1-85306-864-0 . 159–179 .
3. Book: Wakefield, Kenneth . "Somewhere in the West Country": The History of Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport, 1930-1957 . 1997 . Crécy . Wilmslow . 0-947554-65-3 .
4. Web site: Light aircraft pilot licence (LAPL) UK Civil Aviation Authority . www.caa.co.uk . 7 November 2020.