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A flying club is an organisation that allows its members to pursue flying activities, usually by renting aircraft to them. Many clubs also provide flight training, flight planning facilities, pilot supplies and associated services, as well as organizing social functions, fly-ins and fly-outs to other airports and so forth. While flying clubs are home to those who pursue flying as a hobby, many commercial pilots also get their start at flying clubs.
Most flying clubs own and rent small general aviation aircraft. In North America and Europe the most popular such aircraft are the Cessna 152, the Cessna 172, and the Piper Cherokee. However some clubs also exist to provide access to more specialized aircraft, such as vintage planes, aerobatic planes or helicopters. There are also clubs devoted to flying gliders. Another category of specialized flying clubs are Aircraft Type Clubs which are devoted to providing information and support to one type or family of aircraft. General aviation (abbr. ...
1985 Cessna 152 Cessna 152 panel The Cessna 152 is a two-seat, fixed tricycle gear general aviation airplane, primarily used for flight training. ...
The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is a four-seat, single-engine, high-wing airplane. ...
Piper Cherokee PA-28-181 (Archer II) Piper PA-28 Cherokee 180E Cherokee is the common name for the Pipers PA-28 family of aircraft models, which received its type certificate from the FAA in 1960 and is still under production by The New Piper Aircraft Company. ...
Gliders are heavier-than-air aircraft primarily intended for unpowered flight. ...
Aircraft type clubs exist to provide information and support to a single aircraft type or a group of aircraft types from the same manufacturer or family of aircraft. ...
Flying clubs are usually located at smaller airports in suburban or rural areas, away from the traffic of the world's major hubs.
There are two types of flying clubs - equity flying clubs, and non-equity flying clubs. In an equity flying club each member of the flying club owns a share of each airplane in the club, pays monthly dues to cover the fixed costs of ownership (hangar, insurance, annual maintenance, etc.), and pays an hourly rate to use the airplanes in the club. In a non-equity flying club the members do not own a share of the aircraft, but may still pay an initiation fee (usually much smaller than an equity flying club), a monthly fee to help cover the fixed costs, and an hourly rate to use the aircraft.
The AOPA (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association) Information Center has extensive articles on flying clubs: how to organize, operate, pay for, insure, train, etc. [http:www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2006/060531clubs.html Flying clubs: An affordable aircraft ownership option]
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Flying clubs around the world
A database of worldwide flying clubs is located at Landings.com [edit]
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[edit] The Hong Kong Aviation Club is a flying club based at Hong Kong International Airport. ...
The interior of the Hong Kong International Airport A replica of the Spirit of Sha Tin displayed at the Hong Kong International Airport in Chek Lap Kok. ...
In India flying clubs frequently train commercial pilots. As with most flying clubs around the world, flying clubs there offer small planes such as Cessnas. Flying clubs may also be equipped with heliports. 250 flight hours are needed in India to obtain a Commercial pilots licence. Maximum 30 hrs per week. A chief flying instructor's salary is 60,000; others make 25,000. Cessna Aircraft Company, located in Wichita, Kansas, is a manufacturer of general aviation aircraft, from small two-seat, single-engine airplanes to business jets. ...
Flying clubs in India:
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- See: List of flying clubs in Norway
[edit] The following is a list of flying clubs in Norway. ...
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