Now: what do you want to do? If you are wondering if you can choose, the answer is a resounding yes. This team of instructors based at the Morgal Aerodrome, in Lugo de Llanera, gives you all the possibilities. You can have your first aerial contact with a short trip in the small plane or put yourself in the oft-cited role of "pilot for a day." Thinking big, why don't you go prepare to be the pilot? If by searching your mind you don't find a good reason, it's because your future is in aviation and the Aeroclub is going to take you there. By the way, whatever the winning option, don't forget to look down. We are in Asturias and the landscapes between the sea and the mountains are spectacular.
A baptism on high
What we like most about this adventure is that it is "said and done." A baptism of flight you can do it when you feel like giving a kick to the monotony or if you are about to fall in desperation before your father's birthday or that anniversary of which he is confess that you don't want to forget. To say that it is the ideal gift is an understatement. It consists of a flight led by one of the flying club's pilots for half an hour or 60 full minutes in which you can contemplate the beach and the greenery of the Asturian meadows.
In most cases, you or the honoree go alone with the instructor, but at the Llanera Aeroclub you can finally share this great moment because you can hire one to three seats for the same journey. Would you miss the face of the most important person in your life while you stay on the track waiting?
Today the pilot is you
And it is enough that you have turned 13 years old if Dad and mom have given you permission to do so. The "Pilot for a day" flights are one of the most striking proposals of this great center of flight. Leave your true dedication at home because you will identify from the beginning with a flight professional to end up putting yourself at the controls of the plane. You will be received at the flying club to explain the theory on which the flight is based. This, which sounds very serious, is actually an amazing contact with concepts that you are normally unaware of, such as why and how the plane flies, how the controls work and how the weather influences it.
You will do all this in 45 minutes. Inside the plane, another hour awaits you to try for yourself how to ascend, how to face a turn and how to undertake the descent. It is clear that your emotions are going to be on edge as you feel responsible for such achievements, but you can rest assured because the instructor is the one who constantly maintains control of the device.
Another more extended version of your prior preparation as a pilot is the initiation flight courses. At the Aeroclub they will give them to you in 3 sessions with 60 minutes of flight in which they delve into everything you need to know about this aerial modality.
You want to be a private pilot
You haven't been able to avoid falling into the traps of aviation and you only think about being a professional, right? As Aeroclub Llanera knows what usually happens, they are prepared to give you what you need. You should know that the title is called PPL(A), a strange acronym at first glance that makes perfect sense because what it means is "Private Aircraft Pilot License.".
You don't even have to wait until you come of age. You can start if you are 17 years old and have passed the medical examination that they will inform you about. A theoretical course of a total of 100 hours will only take you around 4 months of face-to-face classes. Putting everything you learn into practice requires 45 exciting hours on the plane that are completely personalized and will be adapted to your available time from Monday to Saturday.
Your flight has already started, you just have to take the next step with Aeroclub Llanera.
