Having a private flight license is becoming fashionable for a small group of people. Now, the first private flight school has been established in Zhejiang, where private flights can be learned at Qiandao Lake General Airport.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) East China Regional Administration yesterday issued an operating certificate to Shanghai Oriental General Aviation Co. The company to Qiandao Lake General Airport as the main operating base, the main business includes private flight training and flight air equipment hosting. According to the relevant person in charge of the Civil Aviation Administration, this is the first general aviation company in Zhejiang Province to obtain the training qualification of Private Pilot's License, and the first general aviation company in Zhejiang Province to obtain the Operator's Certificate.
General aviation air refers to the use of civil aviation air device to engage in civil aviation air activities in addition to public *** air transportation, including industry, agriculture, forestry, fisheries and construction, health care, emergency rescue and disaster relief, meteorological detection, ocean monitoring, scientific experiments, education and training, and other aspects of the operation and flight.
Shanghai Orient General Aviation Air Company Chairman Xu Baoping introduced the private flight training tuition for 250,000 yuan per person, teaching content including 48 hours of ground flight empty theory, 8 hours of seat learning and 40 hours of air segment flight training. The students will be taught by licensed ground flight theory instructors and senior licensed flight instructors at Qiandao Lake General Airport. After passing the exam of East China Civil Aviation Administration (ECACA), you will get the private pilot license issued by China Civil Aviation Administration (CAAC). If you fail the exam, you can make up the test regularly and get the flight experience certificate.
The first private pilot license training school appeared in China in 2000, when the tuition was 80,000 yuan. Xu Baoping, chairman of Shanghai Oriental General Aviation Air Company, explained that the tuition fee has risen from 80,000 yuan to 250,000 yuan now, driven by multiple reasons such as costs and flight bases. Take aviation aviation fuel as an example, the price rose from 2,000 yuan / ton to 16,000 yuan / ton. Taking the transition flight in flight training as an example, it is necessary to have three different flight bases as departure and landing points. However, in the past, the flight bases had insufficient resources to ensure on-time training. Before signing the registration agreement, they are required to pass the physical examination at the Civil Aviation Hospital and the political examination by the Civil Aviation Public Security Bureau. Students are between the ages of 17-55, male or female, with junior high school education or above, and no stuttering that would affect two-way radio communications.
Some celebrities and public figures like to take the private driver's license test as a unique experience when they are interviewed. Xu Baoping said people who take private licenses have different identities and there are a lot of people in the business. Buying an airplane and experiencing flying are the two main purposes.
In addition to training, aircraft air equipment hosting is also the main content of this company. According to Xu Baoping estimates, there are currently more than 10 private aircraft air equipment in Zhejiang, including fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. Some business owners to buy private aircraft, flight time, maintenance and idle problem is difficult to solve. For this market, this company launched a club membership. After paying a membership fee of 5 million yuan, owners of private airplanes can obtain a 10-year membership. In addition to helping provide services in the airspace, free maintenance and training for two pilots, the club will also collect a certain amount of rent from the owner when he is not using the airplane.
According to civil aviation-related statistics, there are currently 896 units of general aviation air equipment in China and 220,000 in the United States. The United States has 380,000 people have obtained a private flight license. At present, the number of people in China to obtain a private flight license is not more than 1,000 people.
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