BIA (Brevet D'Initiation Aeronautique.) PPL Ground school
Sept 19, 2021 8:59:37 GMT 1
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Post by ronturner on Sept 19, 2021 8:59:37 GMT 1
For those interested I thought I would write something about how, in France, we try to get some young blood coming into flying.
Selected aero clubs which are run and audited to a certain level of competence are permitted to run a class at 6th form college (Lycéé) which deals with many the ground school topics of the PPL. Most of these colleges do not have regular lessons on Wednesday afternoon, so we use the time for those that are interested in taking this course. The lecture are given by instructors and there is an exam at the end of the year, just like for their other subjects and under the same conditions. It is not an easy ride.
Several of us pilot members mentor an individual and take them flying whenever we can during the year.
At the end of the year all those who pass are entitled to an hour of flight instruction paid for by the state and those who pass with a distinction can go on to take their PPL heavily subsidised by the state.
We are a club in a rural part of France with two aeroplanes and about 35 active flying members, but it is very well run, and qualifies to take these classes. Three times since I came here since 2005, we have had the youngest pilot in France, one who achieved her PPL flying test on her 17th birthday. She was in national press with her dad who had to drive her to the aerodrome to be able to fly.
The benefit to us as a club is that we have a membership which includes the young and the less well off, and taking part in the management of the club and the social side too. Club membership fees and aeroplane hire fees are subsidised for the under 25s by the rest of us.
Here is a picture taken at the award ceremony this year. The group of six kneeling are those with the higher pass rates who can go on to take PPL, if they want. On the far left in this image is the mayor of our village: next to him the club president, and most of the rest are those of us that have taught at the college or been mentors and givers of free flying.
BIA Aeroclub by Ron Turner, on Flickr
Selected aero clubs which are run and audited to a certain level of competence are permitted to run a class at 6th form college (Lycéé) which deals with many the ground school topics of the PPL. Most of these colleges do not have regular lessons on Wednesday afternoon, so we use the time for those that are interested in taking this course. The lecture are given by instructors and there is an exam at the end of the year, just like for their other subjects and under the same conditions. It is not an easy ride.
Several of us pilot members mentor an individual and take them flying whenever we can during the year.
At the end of the year all those who pass are entitled to an hour of flight instruction paid for by the state and those who pass with a distinction can go on to take their PPL heavily subsidised by the state.
We are a club in a rural part of France with two aeroplanes and about 35 active flying members, but it is very well run, and qualifies to take these classes. Three times since I came here since 2005, we have had the youngest pilot in France, one who achieved her PPL flying test on her 17th birthday. She was in national press with her dad who had to drive her to the aerodrome to be able to fly.
The benefit to us as a club is that we have a membership which includes the young and the less well off, and taking part in the management of the club and the social side too. Club membership fees and aeroplane hire fees are subsidised for the under 25s by the rest of us.
Here is a picture taken at the award ceremony this year. The group of six kneeling are those with the higher pass rates who can go on to take PPL, if they want. On the far left in this image is the mayor of our village: next to him the club president, and most of the rest are those of us that have taught at the college or been mentors and givers of free flying.
BIA Aeroclub by Ron Turner, on Flickr