Cotswold Aero Club

All our instructors are experienced and fully qualified. They are available seven days a week, and subject to aircraft bookings, work around your schedule to meet your personal needs. They are also available all day for you to come in and ask any questions about your course. One thing we like to make sure of at the Cotswold Aero Club is to put you through your flying training efficiently, but at the same time make it enjoyable.

Pete Dunkley

Pete has been involved in the aviation industry for several years. Prior to joining Cotswold Aero Club as a part-time flying instructor Pete enjoyed a spell in aerodrome management. His present day job is in the food hygiene industry. Flying runs in the family as his son also holds a PPL.
 

Max Gardner

A very experienced flying instructor who specializes in Aerobatic training. He’ll take you up for just a gentle loop or work you up to competition level aerobatics. As with all the other instructors, a relaxed, but thorough approach is adopted when training and taking skill tests.
 

Roly Robinson

Roly was learning to fly a microlight after his job relocated to Gloucester from Manchester. A PPL holding colleague suggested that he learned to fly a ‘proper’ aeroplane and the flying bug struck again during a trial lesson soon afterwards. Roly is known for his ‘all or nothing’ attitude so, after gaining his PPL,  the IMC, ATPL ground exams and CPL soon followed. The best course for him was the instructor’s rating as it most definitely ‘explored the envelope.’ Roly looks forward to meeting more of you at the club and wishes all happy landings!

Mike Edwards

Mike Edwards is our Flying Instructor for 3-axis microlights, teaching on our Evektor Eurostar and Thruster TST aircraft.  Mike has been flying since he was 16 (in 1968), initially on gliders.  He obtained his PPL in 1977, since when he has flown some 1,300 hours, mainly on tailwheel, vintage and microlight type aircraft.  He’s flown around 50 different types but is always interested in finding more!  He graduated onto 3-axis microlights in 2006, after which he gained his Flying Instructor Rating for NPPL-M training.