Helping the Community

admin — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:32:40 +0000

: Aerial photograph taken free of charge by SFC for the Rockinghorse Appeal’s 40th Birthday

Sussex Flying Club supports some very worthwhile local charities and organisations for fund raising, such as Chestnut Tree Children’s Hospice and the Rockinghorse Appeal.

Here is an extract from a nice letter we recently received from a local school who were donated an SFC Trial Flying Lesson voucher as a raffle prize:

“I would like to thank you and your company for the generous gift to our fund raiser. Our raffle was a huge success, and that raffle would not have been possible without your help.”

Two New Pilots Qualified in One Week!

admin — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:03:14 +0000

Jack Oatway with one of his Instructors, Lee

Two Sussex Flying Club students have successfully passed their final Skill Test and therefore have completed their Private Pilots Licences this week.

Congratulations to Reinhardt Slabbert, who passed his test on Friday 10th Decemeber, and Jack Oatway who passed on Tuesday 14th December, which was also two days before his 18th Birthday!

SFC Flies with Shoreham Air Training Corps Cadets

admin — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:47:12 +0000

: Shoreham Air Training Corps Cadets with Instructor Tony Brackston

Sussex Flying Club are flying groups of Air Training Corps cadets on air experience flights over the coming months. Pictured are some of the cadets of 1440 Shoreham Squadron who flew on Sunday 14th November together with their Instructor, Tony Brackston.

Louis Hyde Completes His First Solo Flight

admin — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:20:59 +0000

: Louis Hyde with his Instructor Geoff Buck

On 15th November Sussex Flying Club student Louis Hyde successfully completed his first solo circuit and made a very nice landing on Runway 02 at Shoreham.

Congratulations Louis!

Ducati comes to SFC

admin — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:18:22 +0000

Ernesto Marinelli with SFC Instructor Geoff Buck

We were pleased to welcome Ernesto Marinelli, the Ducati World Superbike Team Manager, to Sussex flying Club on a recent visit to the UK. He and his partner came for a flight in one of our Piper Warrior aircraft and spent about an hour in the air taking in the sights of sussex. Ernesto took the controls for most of the flight and was keen to learn the rudiments of handling the aircraft. After receiveing a guided tour of the MCA maintenance hangar he took to the skies again, this time just Ernesto and instructor, for some circuit training, where Ernie made several quite reasonable landings. Pretty quick progress for a novice student..! We look forward to another visit next time he is in the UK.

Abbeville

admin — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 17:35:56 +0000

A number of SFC members recently enjoyed a fly-out to Abbeville to sample the historic sights and some fabulous food and drink.

A sunny day trip to Abbeville

Another Commercial Success!

admin — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 17:21:15 +0000

Nick Mortimer with his Instructor James Crabbe

Sussex Flight Centre has completed another student who has obtained his Commercial Pilots Licence with us. Nick Mortimer achieved a first series pass on September 18th; a few days after a previous CPL student obtained a first time pass.

The minimum training time for ab-initio CPL students is twenty five hours and both Nick and the previous student, completed their CPLs in less than thirty hours each.

Sussex Flight Centre offer CPL training on the PA28 Warrior III aircraft and the final ten hours are completed in the PA28 Arrow complex type aircraft. This successful type combination clearly works well.

Trip to St.Mary’s

admin — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 08:53:10 +0000

Watch a video to see the challenging landing on St. Mary’s!

Welcome

admin — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:09:45 +0000

Welcome to Sussex Flying Club’s new blog site