Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club

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Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club

Type	Limited company
Industry	Flying training
Founded	8 October 1927 (1927-10-08)
Headquarters	Bristol Airport, Lulsgate Bottom, North Somerset, England , United Kingdom
Services	Trial Flights, self-fly hire, PPL, LAPL, IMC rating, Night rating, Multi Engine Piston
Website	bristolandwessex.co.uk

The Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club is a flying club based at Bristol Airport, providing plane hire, flying instruction and a ground school for general aviation. The club is one of the United Kingdom's oldest;^{[citation needed]} it was formed in 1927 and officially opened by the Air Minister, Sir Samuel Hoare, on 8 October of that year.^{[citation needed]}

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Operations[]

Charlie Hotel, Bristol and Wessex's Cessna 172S

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. Its fleet includes a Cessna 172S (G-LLCH), a Cessna C150L (G-BPWN), two Piper PA-28-140s (G-AXTL and G-BCJN), a Piper PA-28-161 (G-OJWS) and a Piper PA-28R-200 (G-BIZO).^{[citation needed]}

The Club provides trial flights, self-fly hire and professional flying training. They instruct for the Private Pilot Licence, NPPL, LAPL,^[4] the IMC Rating, Night Rating and Multi Engine Piston rating.

Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee Cruiser of the Bristol & Wessex Aeroplane Club lands at Bristol Airport, England (2016). Built 1974.

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