Alouette news

 

Membership Renewal

A month has passed since subscriptions became due so the on-line payment option is no longer available and any unpaid subscriptions should be submitted via the cash sheets in the club house.

PPL and Students, please remember you cannot fly a club aircraft unless your membership is current!

 

Alouette Windchecker jacket

Merchandise

We have secured some new Alouette clothing which would make a great present for the pilot in your life - or why not buy one for yourself to keep out the cold on those windy days when you are checking out the aircraft?

We have blue Windcheckers, like the one shown, available in a variety of sizes and all with the Alouette logo embroidered on the front. These are really warm, have zip pockets, a breathable lining and are water resistant. These are really good value at £40 each.

Also available we have sweatshirts and polo shirts, also in blue, with the Alouette logo embroidered on them. These are just £15 each.

If you want to try any of these for size or would like to make a purchase, please contact any committee member who will be pleased to help.

Club visit to the Flying Show at the NEC

Biggin Hill Management offered to provide a coach to any tenants and occupiers of the airport that wanted to attend the Flying Show at the NEC in Birmingham on Saturday 1st December.

As it turned out, only Alouette members took up this offer and we had a coach all to ourselves.  In total there were 9 members with 2 guests and Katy Woolcott from the airport team.

It was a great day out, despite the early morning start and everybody had a great time and purchased various “goodies” on offer at the show.

Nice one Biggin!

 

What's at the end of the Yellow Line

Recently our Warrior had a scrape around the back of the maintenance hangar. Read flying instructor Bruno's interesting and informative report - and the conclusions he draws from the incident.

Read the report

 

 

Waterford - or bust!

An account of a trip to Waterford, finally completed in August 2011 but attempted many, many times before!

Read the report

 

 

 

Video diary

Want to know what it is like to fly one of our aircraft? The video diary page shows some videos provided by our members in our Cessna 172 and Piper Warrior PA28 aircraft.

View the video diary

Trial flights

We offer trial flights of one hour duration with a qualified instructor. The recipient will spend most of this time at the controls of the aircraft. The flight will be from our club house at Biggin Hill and will return to Biggin Hill.

More about trial flights

Learning to fly

We have four resident instructors and an examiner and offer flight training including JAA PPL, NPPL, IMC, Night Ratings, Safety Pilot courses and check-outs.

More about learning to fly

How to find us

You can find the Alouette club house on Churchill Way, just off of the A233. Although travelling by car is easier, you can access the club by bus. Bromley South and Orpington train stations are a 20 minute drive.

How to find Alouette