The London Aerobatic Company

Aerobatic Training

Lets face it - most of us fly aerobatics because it's immense fun! However, aerobatic flying brings confidence, precision and a practical understanding of the finer points of aerodynamics unmatched by any other flying activity, making all your flying both safer and more enjoyable. We can provide the following training on the CAP10 or your own aircraft:

Aerobatic 'Taster' Flights - for those of you who're unsure about whether you'd like to do a full course, but would like to experience the wonderful world of aerobatics, we can provide a 25 minute 'taster' flight. During this trip, the instructor will introduce you to maximum-rate turns, the loop, the aileron roll and the stall turn.

Initial Aerobatics Course - Our 10 hour aerobatics course is carried out to the AOPA syllabus, and includes briefings on the legal, physiological and structural limitations on aerobatics, prior to revising the general handling exercises, including:

straight and level flight at maximum/minimum speeds and inverted.
stalling - including both level and dynamic stalls.
flight at maximum angle of attack.

Our revision also covers developed spins, practice forced landings and engine re-starting in flight and moves on to recoveries from unusual attitudes including the 'near vertical' and 'semi-inverted' - by the time you've had this little lot, your recoveries should be instinctive!

Learning the basic aerobatic manoeuvres is straightforward once it is appreciated that there are only three axes of motion in which the aircraft can move; pitch, roll and yaw. The three basic manoeuvres which illustrate this are the loop, aileron roll and stall turn respectively. Even at this early stage, the basic manoeuvres can be linked to form a simple sequence.

Once the three basic manoeuvres have been mastered, we move on to the barrel roll, the slow roll, cubans, roll-off-the-top and linking individual elements to form basic sequences. Your course will culminate in you designing and flying a pleasing sequence of six manoeuvres.

Flying Instructors - we can arrange for the removal of your 'no aerobatic instruction except spinning' limitation.

Cost - dual training in the CAP10B is charged at £195/hr, all inclusive. In addition, some of the airfields we operate from charge a nominal fee for social or temporary membership. For instance, the ever-helpful Pilot Centre at Denham charges a modest £40 per year social membership to London Aerobatic Company clients. There is no additional charge for operating from the exceptionally friendly Oxfordshire Sportflying at Enstone.

Coming soon - Formation Flying Training.