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Course Schedule

The 48 week CPLH course timetable is as follows:
Weeks 1-26 Theoretical Knowledge Training in the classroom
Weeks 27-48 Flight Training - Phases 1 and 2

Theoretical Knowledge Training
The Ground School consists of six well equipped and air conditioned lecture rooms, each capable of accommodating classes of sixteen students. The College of Aeronautics and the School of Mechanical Engineering are located adjacent to CCAT and offer, by arrangement, many areas of interests to support the students studies. Integrated course students are automatically allowed study and borrowing rights at the new Cranfield University technical library.

CCAT Instructors have vast experience gained from a wide variety of aeronautical backgrounds, both civil and military, and are expert in their own particular fields. They are justly proud of their students high examination pass rates since the introduction of the new JAA syllabus in January 2000. The Integrated course Theory syllabus is taught over at total of 26 weeks Ground School with the following breakdown:

The following subjects will be studied during the first four weeks in the classroom:
  • Airframes
  • Systems
  • Powerplants
    Each student will be booked to sit the examinations during week 5.
The following subjects will be studied during the next eight weeks in the classroom:
  • Meteorology
  • Instruments/Electronics
  • General Navigation
  • Operational Procedures
    Each student will be booked to sit the examination during week 13.
The following subjects will be studied during the next eight weeks in the classroom:
  • Air Law
  • Principles of Flight
  • Flight Planning
  • Mass and Balance
  • Radio Navigation
  • VFR/IFR Communications
    Each student will be booked to sit the examination during week 21.
The following subjects will be studied over the final four weeks in the classroom:
  • Human Performance and Limitations
  • Performance
    Each student will be booked to sit these two final examinations during week 26.
  
 
Flight Training
The Flight School is located next to the Air Traffic Control Tower on Cranfield Airport. There is a fully equipped Operations Centre with briefing and planning facilities, with dedicated space available to Integrated course helicopter students. The airport is located on a four hundred acre site offering ample space for both fixed wing and helicopter training. There is an 1800 metre runway with Instrument Landing System (ILS) and two Beacon approaches. Special areas are set aside for sloping ground , confined area and low-level operations training.

The Flight Instructors are well experienced in teaching the Integrated course and have a minimum of 1,000 hours instructional time. The Chief Helicopter Instructor has several thousand hours of Public Transport/Charter and Instructional time and all students benefit enormously from this experience.

CCAT has a fleet of 3 Robinson R-22 Betas (single engine piston), one Bell 206 Jet Ranger (single engine turbine) and two Aerospatiale AS-355F Twin Squirrels (multi engine turbine). The turbine engine helicopters are also utilised on Public Transport operations by Cabair Helicopters. On the CPL(H) course, the Robinson R-22 is used for the entire syllabus. The Bell 206 is available as an additional option in order to complete a five hour turbine conversion, and the AS-355F is further available for multi engine turbine conversions.
The composition of the Flight Phases, as shown in the preceding course schedule, is as follows:
Phase 1 12.5 hours on R-22B. Basic dual instruction to first solo flight.
Phase 2 122.5 hours on R-22B. Covers all syllabus requirements for dual and solo flight training in General Handling, Navigation, Instrument and Night flying.
3 hours on R-22B Commercial Pilot’s Licence Skill Test.
 
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