Fly a Microlight with us at Wycombe Air Park (Booker) or Brimpton Airfield Nr. Reading

The NPPL (National Private Pilots Licence) requirements and what it’s all about!

NPPL Microlight Licence

The National Private Pilot's Licence (NPPL) came into effect at the end of July 2002. This licence is aimed purely at those wishing to fly for fun rather than those who want a PPL as a stepping stone to a commercial licence and a career in aviation (although instructing for reward is possible). It is a response to what many people have felt is the increasingly bureaucratic and expensive nature of the JAR-regulated PPL and its associated medical requirements which, while they might be appropriate for commercial aviation, impose an excessive burden on recreational pilots. NPPL pilots can fly on a simple NPPL medical issued by your own doctor.

With only a modest amount of extra training and some more exams, microlight pilots can gain the option to use larger aircraft as well as microlights, like the PA28 or Cessna for instance.

NPPL Microlight can fly abroad! We have done many trips to France, Spain,Germany,Portugal etc.

The legal definition of a microlight
Modern Microlights essentially fall into two categories. The weightshift or flexwing type of aircraft has a trike unit suspended under a wing evolved from the hang glider. Control is by using the control bar to shift the weight of the trike relative to the wing. The 3-axis type of microlight on the other hand looks like, and some cases will outperform a traditional light aircraft. Some are fabric covered and others have an all metal skin.

Both are covered by the basic definition:

Microlight aeroplane means an aeroplane designed to carry not more than two persons which has:

(a) a maximum total weight authorised not exceeding:

300kg for a single seat

450kg for a two seat

(b) either a wing loading at the maximum weight authorised not exceeding 25kg per square metre
or a stalling speed at the maximum weight authorised not exceeding 35 knots calibrated airspeed"

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This is a Eurostar EV97 Microlight

The weightshift microlight often more
recognisable as a microlight as shown below
are very capable aircraft however we do not
use this type at Wycombe

A brief bit of history...