Light Aircraft Pilot Licence

Light Aircraft Pilot Licence (LAPL-A)

The LAPL course lets you make the dream of becoming a pilot come true, along a path full of challenge, theory and hands-on flying. Every student is taken by the hand and guided through each stage of learning by qualified instructors who know the dynamics of flight inside out. Here flying does not end with the course: it becomes an experience that keeps you going and makes you part of a team.

The theory

Around 120–130 hours between study and assessment. Lessons are held online and in person, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings from 8 to 10 pm.

The flying

The European rules (EASA Part-FCL, FCL.110.A) require at least 30 hours of flight instruction on aeroplanes or touring motor gliders (TMG), which at Belluno are flown on the Piper PA28: at least 15 hours of dual instruction and at least 6 hours of supervised solo flight, including at least 3 hours of solo cross-country with at least one cross-country flight of at least 150 km (80 NM), with one full-stop landing at an aerodrome other than the departure aerodrome.

Flying lessons are arranged by appointment — one member of the Club looks after scheduling the flights around your needs and your availability.

We fly at weekends too, but during the week there is more room for everything. Flying usually begins about four months after the start of the course.

What you need to start

• The application for the LAPL course and the application for membership as a student, to be brought or posted to the office.
• A photocopy of a valid identity document and a copy of your Italian tax code.
• The LAPL medical certificate (a Class 2 certificate is also valid), as soon as possible: the office has the list of authorised medical examiners together with the enrolment form.

What is included

The course materials — textbook, chart, flight computer and plotter — are included. Headsets, the examiner’s fee, examination charges and the medical are not.

How the flying account works

On enrolment you pay the membership subscription plus an advance towards the ground school and your flying account. After that the payments are yours to manage: for every flight with an instructor the cost of the flight, worked out by the minute, is taken off your account. When you book a flying activity your account must show a minimum positive balance, as the Club rules require.

Who will teach you

The staff of the General Aviation school is made up of:

• Accountable Manager / Head of the DTO: Luca Murer
• Head of Training: Roberto Sardo
• CAMO coordination: Umberto Casal
• Safety Manager: Luca Murer
• Flight and theory instructors: Roberto Sardo, Andrea De Martin, Davide Noventa, Federico Zanardo, Francesco Luzzi, Luca Bonon, Roberto Arato, Nunzio Toldo, Federico Patti, Luca Murer
• Theory instructors: Luciano Paoletti, Federico Dintignana, Domenico Giovinazzo, Santo Bonfanti

And after the licence?

The LAPL is the way in, not the finishing line. With the licence in your pocket the ratings open up: tailwheel, variable pitch propeller, glider towing. And then there is the road we have been travelling at Belluno for more than twenty years, one that no other school in Italy offers today: mountain flying.

For information and enrolment, your point of contact is always the club office: write to us using the contact form.