Aviation Pilot Training

Pilot training...Becoming a Pilot with Synergy Aviation

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Synergy Aviation is one of the Civil Aviation Authority registered flight training organisations.

Synergy carries out its crew training in-house and is able to offer training to third parties, training available includes:

Instrument Rating Refresher Course

Instrument Rating Renewals

Multi Engine Piston Land Renewals

First Aid

Crew Resource Management

Every pilot begins as a student pilot, whether the aim is to fly for a hobby or to fly for a career.

Learning to fly does not take long - within the first 20 hours of flying training you will have learned the basic skills. Since the training period is so short, good habits must be developed right from the start. Patterns formed in the first few hours will stay with you throughout your flying life, and so, to gain the maximum benefit from each hour in the air and to develop good habits, you should be well prepared.

An advanced formal education is not a requirement to become a pilot, although use of the English language is required for radio calls and a knowledge of basic mathematics is useful. Beyond that, no special academic skills are required.

The basic training aeroplane is simple in design and straightforward to operate. It has a control column (or control wheel) to raise or lower the nose and to bank the aeroplane, a rudder to keep it in balance and a throttle to supply engine power. The largest and fastest airliners have basically the same controls.

First Solo

First solo is a great experience! When your instructor steps out of the aeroplane and leaves you to your first solo flight you are being paid a big compliment. You may feel a little apprehensive, but remember that he or she is trained to judge the right moment to send you solo. Your instructor will have a better appreciation of your flying ability than anybody (including you).

Fly your first solo circuit in the same manner as you flew those circuits before the instructor stepped out. The usual standards apply to your take-off, circuit and landing. Maintain a good look out, fly a neat circuit, establish a stabilised approach and carry out your normal landing. Be prepared for better performance of the aeroplane without the weight of your instructor on board. If at any stage you feel uncomfortable, go around.

If an emergency, such as engine failure, occurs - and this is an extremely unlikely event - carry out the appropriate emergency procedure that you have been well trained in. Your flying instructor, when sending you solo, not only considers you competent to fly a circuit with a normal take-off and landing, but also considers you competent to handle an emergency.

One take-off, circuit and landing will admit you to the family of pilots!

Consolidation Flying

Further refinement and consolidation of the basic skills that you now possess will follow, with solo periods being interspersed with dual periods. The dual flights allow your flying instructor to refine your skills and develop them further. In the solo periods you will develop the skills of a captain, making your own decisions and acting on them.

Your initial solo flights will be in the circuit area, practising take-offs and landings, but, quite soon, you will be proceeding solo to the local training area to practice other manoeuvres.