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• Experience Flight in a Chipmunk! - “Close your eyes (and your ears) and you can’t tell if its a Spitfire V or a Chipmunk” – Charlie Brown, legendary Spitfire display pilot.    Air Experience Flights, Tailwheel Conversion, Stall and Spin Training, Formation and Corporate   Fenland … Continue reading →
• Dual Training Resumes from 4th July - Following the Prime Minister’s announcement earlier this week about changes to lock down measures, the reopening of GA businesses and the safe restart of General Aviation dual and instructional flights will be permitted from 4 July 2020 in England. We are awaiting … Continue reading →
• COVID-19 Guidelines for attending Fenland Flying School - What we would like you to do: Do not attend if you are feeling poorly or are showing any of the COVID-19 symptoms which include a higher than normal temperature, a cough or a loss of smell or taste. On … Continue reading →
• Open for Ground School, Exams and Solo Simulator by appointment only - Since the lockdown has been relaxed slightly, the CAA have approved GA flying again, on the proviso that there is only one sole occupant of the aircraft. Passengers are only allowed if they are members of the pilot’s household. This … Continue reading →
• Covid 2020 - Following the latest Government advice regarding COVID-19, and restrictions regarding social interaction, we feel obliged to close the Flying School until further notice to protect all staff, customers and the general public. All vouchers and memberships will be extended for … Continue reading →
• Coronavirus -     CORONAVIRUS UPDATE         March 17th 2020 EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY Official guidelines seem to be changing on a daily basis. In the meantime, we are going to do our best to keep people flying for as long as we can, and … Continue reading →
• Fly-Out to Caernarfon - Great fortune was enjoyed on Saturday 24th August …… Caernarfon Airfield was lucky enough to receive a select band of aviators from Fenland Flying School on their first visit to a ‘foreign country’ and first trip over mountainous terrain, and … Continue reading →
• Student of the Year 2019 - The CFI’s Cup is awarded to the student, who, in the opinion of the CFI, is the overall best student! This year it has been a particularly difficult task as all 11 new licence holders could have been a worthy … Continue reading →
• Student of the Year 2018 - So….the CFI’s Cup is presented annually to the student who, in the opinion of the CFI is the most deserving! During this year we have had a student who has ticked all the aviation boxes – he has natural aptitude and … Continue reading →
• Fly Out to the Somme Battlefields - After literally months of meticulous planning and excited anticipation, plus, not a little worry (would the weather be suitable, would the aircraft be in check / serviceable, would the Instructor be in an amenable mood, etc, etc), the morning of … Continue reading →
• Day out in Calais - Wales’ loss was France’s gain!! We were pleasantly surprised to be visiting Calais on Saturday when, for some time, we had planned to fly to Caernarfon. This was not a navigational error but a cunning ruse to avoid the worst … Continue reading →
• Club Fly-Out to Amiens - “Fancy a fly-out?” says Jeff. “Good idea!” says I. So the search for a destination began…. and we very soon found ourselves planning a club trip to Amiens for the Fly-In weekend in May. We luckily, and very kindly, had … Continue reading →
• Day out to RAF Coningsby - We were so lucky to be one of a few Flying Clubs to be invited to RAF Coningsby for the day, to see how the other half live…….! So we grabbed the offer with both hands, and ten of us … Continue reading →
• PA 28 Archer II joins the fleet - Welcome G-SAPI! We are lucky to be able to make available this well-appointed, clean and tidy Archer II. G-SAPI has to be one of the nicest- flying PA28s ever! Available to Elite Members for online booking. Happy days!  
• Wednesday Evening Ground School -   Can you spot yourself in the photo? If not, why not…..?! This photo was secretly taken on a Wednesday evening at Fenland. The Clubhouse at Fenland is host to the most informative and stimulating Ground School lectures on all … Continue reading →
• Isle of Man - Here we are on our trip to a bright and breezy Isle of Man. Despite a medium to poor forecast, 4 aircraft out of the original 11 who planned to go, decided to brave the elements and managed to arrive … Continue reading →
• Student of the Year Award - Student of the Year 2015 goes to……..Luke Rowley. The CFI’s Mug is presented annually by the CFI to the ‘Overall Best Student’, and has been presented most years since 1973. Some of the pilots are still flying here! For 2015, we decided … Continue reading →
• Guernsey Rally weekend - We have a trophy!! Joint winner of the famous Guernsey NavEx, flying a timed route over Northern France and picking out landmarks from photos. Congratulations to our CFI Steve (with a teeny bit of help from Lisa!). And for the 3rd year running, winner … Continue reading →
• IOW Fly-Out to Sandown - So… we picked a beautiful day for our School fly-out to Sandown! Or Dan-down as it has been colloquially renamed (by Dan!) Dan, the new lessee of the airfield has grand plans for making Sandown the first airfield resort and … Continue reading →
• January Fly-Out - The January fly-out was a wintry visit to Wales. Our Intrepid Trio, Jeff Helm, Roger Tunnard (taking the photos) and Jeff Moreland set off in G-MICK, the school C-172, and enjoyed 4 hours of flying to Caernarfon and back, taking … Continue reading →