When embarking on your PPL (H) journey, many of our students find the most daunting part of the training lies in the written element… THE EXAMS! One-to-One sessions with our instructors are popular for those who find it tough to get motivated to study alone but we realised that often simply by not being alone…

A lot of my students ask me what the difference is between flying in the US and flying in the UK. The flying part is not different at all, but the rules and regulations, that you follow as a pilot need quite a bit of practice to get used to. When I came back to…

Next month we will be holding our 8th PPL(H) Open Day, a chance for budding pilots out there to come along and turn that lifelong dream of learning to fly a helicopter into reality. These events are always a huge success with many new students signing up to one of our PPL(H) training programmes on…

There is a lot of discussion in aviation as to how young you can be to fly a helicopter. Here at Flying Pig we think you are (within reason) NEVER too young to enjoy flying a helicopter especially! In the UK, you must be 16 years old to be allowed to fly a helicopter solo,…

I was actually not prepared for it at all… I thought. I started my flight training in the beginning of April 2014, after having decided to do a full-time training from Private to Commercial License, Instrument rating and Flight Instructor rating. So, I was at the airfield every day, sometimes flying twice a day. It…

I was born and raised in the South West of Germany in a town near Stuttgart. When I was child, I always dreamed of becoming a helicopter pilot and if you ask my mum, she would say I always had an interest in flying. However, I never thought it would be possible for me because…

Having been through the PPL process and seen the passion my instructor JR had, it helped cement my career goal of opening my own flying school so my sights were well and truly set on becoming an instructor sooner rather than later. And once I started to take passengers it became even more apparent by…

I started flying once a week, typically two 1 hour lessons a day as I was keen to keep the momentum, not leaving too long between lessons enabling me to keep all my newly found skills fresh. As you can imagine it didn’t take long for me to rack up the hours and able to…

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, Christmas just around the corner so let us help you get your shopping off to a flying start with our AV-vent Calendar. This year the AV-vent Calendar is hiding another 24 unmissable deals. From discounts on trial lessons and experiences to FREE inflight footage. Ready to get…

As far back as I can remember I've always had a passion for flying. Initially it was aeroplanes, simply because it was easy to make paper aeroplanes! As I got a little older I progressed from paper to model aeroplanes and later radio-controlled aeroplanes. I think I was 14 years old when I first took…