Learning to fly and certificates

A step-by-step path for new pilots, lesson logging, and BMFA certificates item by item.

How to start

1. Set your pilot level to new or learning on your Profile - your Hangar gets a Learning Path that ticks itself off.
2. Find a club that welcomes new pilots and ask about lessons from the club page.
3. Log your lessons with your instructor, the buddy box and what you practised.
4. On BMFA Certificates, mark test items you're practising and ask your instructor to sign them off.

Tips

• 'Good for learning today?' uses gentler wind limits and shows the best learning times this week.
• The free Learn to fly guide explains the rules, the kit and words like failsafe, CG and SWEETS - for the UK and the USA.
• The 20 mandatory legal questions are on the certificates page to revise from.
• Milestones like your first solo get a page you can share.

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