Bristol And Wessex Aeroplane Club
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The Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club is a flying club based at
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, providing plane hire, flying instruction and a ground school for general aviation. The club was formed in 1927 and officially opened by the Air Minister, Sir Samuel Hoare, on 8 October of that year.


Operations

The Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club operates from the Bristol Flying School building in the Silver Zone of Bristol Airport, where it has classrooms and a restaurant. The club provides trial flights, self-fly hire and professional flying training. They instruct for the
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, NPPL,
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, the IMC rating, night tating and multi-engine piston rating.


References

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