Welcome to Great Western Airsports
BRISTOL, BATH & TROWBRIDGE’S CLOSEST MICROLIGHT FLYING SCHOOL
Great Western Airsports is a professionally run microlight flying school located 5 miles south of Bath on the Somerset/Wiltshire border at Brown Shutters Farm Airfield since 2016. We offer fixed wing, flexwing and tailwheel microlight training towards the NPPL Microlight license.
Fixed wing, Flexwing & Tailwheel
AB-INITIO, DIFFERENCES & ADVANCED TRAINING AS WELL AS GROUND SCHOOL & FLIGHT TESTS
Microlight flying lessons and air experience flights are conducted on the Cyclone AX2000 3-axis(fixed wing tricycle microlight), Pegasus Quantum 15-912 weightshift(flexwing microlight) and also Thruster TST conventional tailwheel microlight aircraft. These are proven and reliable aircraft which are extremely forgiving & docile allowing students to achieve consistency much quicker than with newer more modern types. Training towards the U.K. NPPL license starts at £105.00 per hour in your own aircraft or £135.00 per hour in school aircraft. General Skill Tests (GST) available onsite with our C.A.A. examiner.
Air Experience Gift Vouchers Available
WHAT COULD BE BETTER THAN THE GIFT OF FLIGHT IN A MICROLIGHT AIRCRAFT
Air experience flights are available 7 days a week. Gift vouchers make the perfect gift and are valid for 10 months. Order securely online via the Gift Vouchers link at the top of this webpage.
Gift Vouchers are posted out same day 1st class Royal Mail for orders received before 3pm. Flight gift vouchers start from £58.00. Try it out – Microlighting is fun, exciting and exhilarating.
Tailwheel Differences Training
GET YOUR TAILWHEEL DIFFERENCES TRAINING SIGNOFF IN 2-3 DAYS
Conduct & complete your microlight tailwheel differences training on our school Thruster TST, it’s a fantastic aircraft to learn your tailwheel skills on. Pay-as-you-go as well as an intensive 2 day, 5 hour differences training courses available allowing you to legally & competently fly a tailwheel aircraft.
BMAA Strip Skills Diploma
FURTHER FLYING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS A CREDIT IN THE BMAA WINGS SCHEME
This post-licence course is designed to make you a safer pilot by reviewing your knowledge and improving the flying skills involved in landing at more demanding strips, such as private and farm strips.
