British Young pilots

British Young Pilots is a flying club for children and teenagers. Whether you want to go solo at 16, leave school with a pilots license or just enjoy playing with flight sims, making friends and having fun around aircraft, this is your club.

“BYP Online is launching in May - pre-register here and be the first to join! ”

Become a member of Young Pilots International & learn to fly online

Find your local BYP flying club and learn to fly with a BYP instructor

Book onto an intensive holiday club and learn to fly in the school holidays

Set up or join a BYP flying club at school and learn to fly in school

School Flying Clubs

British Young Pilots work within schools supporting STEM departments with what our students describe as ‘the best school club ever’. We install our own SIM’s in your school and an experienced BYP instructor takes groups of students from age 9 to 18 for weekly lessons. All students will then visit an airfield (usually with their parents on a weekend unless they are full boarders) and fly a real aircraft twice per term - that’s a ratio of around 5 classroom SIM sessions to 1 real flight.

Town Flying Clubs

British Young Pilots run training sessions towns throughout the UK. Learn to fly in a SIM with a BYP instructor, learn about aviation, make friends and take regular opportunities to fly real aircraft. Students have the chance to fly a real aircraft every half term - That’s 6 times per year! Plus, you can get involved with holiday clubs and intensive courses in the school holidays.

Holiday Clubs

BYP run holiday clubs at airfields throughout the summer where you can receive training from highly experienced instructors. We offer a range of courses, join the holiday club mailing list so we can keep you posted as we add courses and locations

ONLine Flying CLub

Anyone, anywhere can join BYP’s online flying school. We have a dedicated online instructor providing training sessions to young people anywhere in the world.

Qualifications and Achievement:

The BYP training program closely follows that of an adult pilot training syllabus. Level 5 exceeds the standards required to qualify for a pilots license.

BYP SINGLE TERM ‘WINGS’ SYLLABUS

This is the first level of achievement and our mission is to make this available to as many children as possible. This course consists of 10 sessions and two real flights and is designed to span an academic term. Students learn how to:

  • Move an aircraft around all three axis (roll, pitch and yaw)

  • Coordinate the controls and throttle to effectively fly the aircraft.

  • Learn how to take off, fly a circuit and land the aircraft.

Ground subjects include

  • Aerodynamics; control surfaces and wings

  • Aircraft instruments

  • Weather; wind, clouds and rain

  • Engines & aircraft design

  • Navigation

  • Careers in aviation

BYP LEVELS 1 - 5

Once students have their Wings, they work through our syllabus from level 1 to level 5. Level 1 is age appropriate for children in year 6 and 7 and progresses to level 5 which is appropriate for GCSE/A-Level students and exceeds the standard required for a pilots license.

Sections:

  • PRACTICAL FLYING & PILOTING SKILLS

  • AERODYNAMICS, PHYSICS & THEORY

  • TECHNICAL, ENGINEERING & MAINTENANCE

  • NAVIGATION & FLIGHT PLANNING

  • METEOROLOGY

  • GENERAL KNOWLEDGE - HISTORY & CASE STUDIES

  • AIR LAW RULES & PROCEDURES

  • AIR LAW ATC, RADIO COMMUNICATION & INSTRUMENTS

  • HUMAN FACTORS

  • AIRPORTS & COMMERCIAL FLIGHT OPERATIONS

  • LEVEL 5 ADVANCED SYLLABUS

INSTRUCTORS:

BYP instructors come from all corners of the aviation world. Retired military or commercial pilots who want to give back to the next generation, full time flying instructors who work as a BYP instructor alongside their flying job and general aviation or microlight pilots who have deep passion for aviation. What they all have in common is a love of the air and the desire to open the door to the next generation. All instructors undergo ongoing training, lesson observations and have enhanced DBS and annual safe guarding training.

The flying element is conducted by our own team of flying instructors in our own aircraft. We also work with a network of BYP affiliated third party flying schools.

Get in Touch

Contact us to learn more about our exciting aviation program for young aviators and explore the idea of having your own school flying club.