What Is Staverton Flying School?

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Staverton Flying School is a flight training organisation based at Gloucestershire Airport in Cheltenham, England. According to its website, it has been training aspiring pilots from that airfield since 1965. The site serves as the school's public face: it introduces the school, describes its training options and trial flights, and provides location, fee, and contact information for prospective students.

What the school offers

The website lists these main areas:

  • Trial flights — described as an introduction to flying in a light aircraft, with the option of a vintage biplane or added aerobatics.
  • Pilot training — the path toward a Private Pilot Licence (PPL), which the site describes as enabling you to fly an aircraft unaccompanied.
  • IMC rating — an instrument meteorological conditions rating for extending existing qualifications.
  • Night qualification — training toward flying at night.
  • RT licence — a radio telephony licence.
  • Radio navigation — radio navigation training.
  • Gifts — trial flights or similar experiences presented as gifts.

The school also states it welcomes people who want to extend existing qualifications or return to flying after a break, not only complete beginners.

Who it is for

The site addresses three broad groups:

  1. Complete beginners who want a taste of flying before committing — served by the trial flight.
  2. Prospective students who intend to earn a PPL or add ratings such as IMC, night, or radio navigation.
  3. Lapsed or qualified pilots looking to refresh or extend what they already hold.

Facilities and location

Staverton Flying School describes itself as occupying a premier position on the airfield, in a modern building with a hangar next door. Its listed address is:

Staverton Flying School @ Skypark Ltd Hangar SE50 Gloucestershire Airport Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6SR

The contact telephone number given on the site is 01452 712388.

What the website itself provides

Beyond the course descriptions, the site includes a meet-the-team section, a location page, a fees page, news posts (including a March 2018 item about a new hangar and newsletters from 2016), weather information, testimonials, and a newsletter sign-up. There is also a members area with a flying order book, which suggests the site serves both prospective students and existing members.

Practical next step

If you are considering training or a trial flight, the site's own structure points to the useful pages: Trial Flights for an introductory experience, Pilot Training and the individual rating pages for qualifications, Fees for cost information, and Contact or the listed phone number to ask questions directly. Note that the website does not publish prices in the material available here, so fees should be confirmed with the school rather than assumed.