All our training courses are charged at our hourly rates which are detailed below.

 

If you have any questions please call or email.

Dual instruction in school aircraft                                   £125 per hour

 

Dual instruction in your aircraft

(any UK-approved factory built gyro)                              £80 per hour

 

Solo supervision flying in your aircraft (first 10 hours)   £80 per hour

 

Solo supervision in your aircraft (from 10 hours on)      £45 per hour

 

Solo flight in school aircraft                                            £125 per hour (see "Solo Flight Scheme" below)

 

Ground School / Extended Briefings                             £40 per hour  (see below)

 

Trial Flights                                                                    30 minute Trial Flight £94

                                                                                      60 minute Trial Flight £170

                                                                                      90 minute "Ultimate" Flight £265

                                                                                      More information on the Trial Flights page

 

Other Costs:

 

All students must be members of the Wickenby Aerodrome Flying Club - costs approximately £120 per year.

 

Written exams cost £35 per paper, and you need to take 5 of them.

 

It is customary (but not compulsory) to buy your Instructor a cup of tea after your lesson - cost 70p.

 

All the required helmets, headsets, flying suits, gloves etc are included in the cost of your lesson.

Extended briefings and Ground School

 

Our hourly rate includes a pre-flight briefing on the exercises to be conducted during the lesson, plus a post-flight debrief.

 

There are a few points in the course which require a longer ground-based session to support key parts of the syllabus - these are known as "extended briefings" and are chargeable.  The key extended briefings are:

 

Aircraft familiarisation - understanding the nuts and bolts of the gyro

 

Rotor Management - how the rotor works, and how its behaviour drives the flight characteristics of the autogyro.

 

Cross-country preparation - preparation for your cross-country navigation exercise (this is only required if you don't "self brief" prior to your flight and prepare to an adequate standard)

Solo Flight Scheme

 

Gyro Training is one of the few UK gyro schools which allows solo flight on School machines - this means that you can complete your training without having to own a gyro.  Even if you are planning to buy your own aircraft it means that you can go solo when you are ready - you won't have to wait until your new aircraft is delivered or the right machine comes up for sale.  

 

Our insurers place a £7,500 excess on the hull insurance for our machines.  Before you can fly our aircraft solo you must lodge a deposit of £7,500 with us, which will (of course!) be returned to you when you finish your training - as long as you haven't broken our machine in the meantime.

 

There is also a one-off non-refundable fee of £250 to cover the additional insurance cover required to allow our students to fly solo on School aircraft.