Flying club

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A flying club is an organisation that allows its members to pursue flying activities, usually by renting aircraft to them. Many clubs also provide flight training, flight planning facilities, pilot supplies and associated services, as well as organizing social functions, fly-ins and fly-outs to other airports and so forth. While flying clubs are home to those who pursue flying as a hobby, many commercial pilots also get their start at flying clubs.

Most flying clubs own and rent small general aviation aircraft. In North America and Europe the most popular such aircraft are the Cessna 152, the Cessna 172, and the Piper Cherokee. However some clubs also exist to provide access to more specialized aircraft, such as vintage planes, aerobatic planes or helicopters. There are also clubs devoted to flying gliders. Another category of specialized flying clubs are Aircraft Type Clubs which are devoted to providing information and support to one type or family of aircraft.

Flying clubs are usually located at smaller airports in suburban or rural areas, away from the traffic of the world's major hubs.

There are two types of flying clubs - equity flying clubs, and non-equity flying clubs. In an equity flying club each member of the flying club owns a share of each airplane in the club, pays monthly dues to cover the fixed costs of ownership (hangar, insurance, annual maintenance, etc.), and pays an hourly rate to use the airplanes in the club. In a non-equity flying club the members do not own a share of the aircraft, but may still pay an initiation fee (usually much smaller than an equity flying club), a monthly fee to help cover the fixed costs, and an hourly rate to use the aircraft.

1 Flying clubs around the world
2 References

[edit] Flying clubs around the world

A database of worldwide flying clubs is located at Landings.com

[edit] Canada

[edit] Hong Kong

Hong Kong Aviation Club — at Hong Kong International Airport

[edit] India

In India flying clubs frequently train commercial pilots. As with most flying clubs around the world, flying clubs there offer small planes such as Cessnas. Flying clubs may also be equipped with heliports. 200 flight hours are needed in India to obtain a Commercial pilots licence. Maximum 30 hrs per week. Flying clubs in India: