As from today it is possible to enrol in the English PPL(A) theory course of 2016-2017.

This year, the course starts on September 24th at 1pm.        Click here to enrol!    

The course is given on the airfield of Grimbergen (Vliegveld Grimbergen), only 15 kilometers away from Brussels, and is oriented towards the international community and expatriates living in Belgium. Of course, Dutch or French speaking candidates can also participate in the English course, but they may as well choose to enrol in the Dutch or French course. Our theory course is modular which means the student can "drop in" any time a new subject starts (so it is possible to start the course at every moment in the year).

While the main purpose is theoretical training in order to obtain the Private Pilot License, courses are open to anyone who would like to know more about flying or for any pilot who wishes to refresh his/her knowledge.

The English course is given by a team of highly motivated ground instructors on Saturday afternoons between 1:30pm and 5pm, from September until June. Its total duration is 105 hours. Together with the instructor, students can mutually agree to change dates/times subject to their availability. The PPL(A) theory course costs € 550 and includes books.

Do you have questions or are you looking for more information? Contact us today at info@sabena-aeroclub.be.

See you soon!

The Sabena Aeroclub is organising a refresher course for its pilots on February 10th, followed by a Happy Hour (cheese & wine). The refresher course starts at 19h. We ask you register for the Happy Hour before 08/02/17. All members and their family are welcome.

The Sabena Aeroclub offers its pilots a GPS training on the Garmin GNS430, similar to the one in the DA20. The course will take place on March 25 starting at 20h in the clubhouse.

The course objectives are:

- A basic comprehension of the GNSS.
- Understanding the pagination of the unit.
- Defining a user waypoint.
- Editing a flight plan.
- Achieving a fast and comfortable manipulation at a glance to avoid time spent head down in the cockpit.

The course will not cover:
- any kind of procedure.
- vertical navigation.

Caveat: this training is not a lecture, but a hands-on training, and it will be profitable only if you can bring your laptop with this GNS430W trainer installed. Minor differences with regard to our GNS430, but the GNS430 (without the W suffix) trainer is for WindowsXP only. If you still have WindowsXP (in standalone it still works well for what is following), please download this GNS430 trainer.

Registration on the club website.

As from today it is possible to enrol in our English PPL(A) theory course of 2017-2018.

This year, the course starts on September 30th at 1:30 pm.        Click here to enrol!    

The course is given on the airfield of Grimbergen (Vliegveld Grimbergen), only 15 kilometers away from Brussels, and is oriented towards the international community and expatriates living in Belgium. Of course, Dutch or French speaking candidates can also participate in the English course, but they may as well choose to enrol in the Dutch or French course. Our theory course is modular which means the student can "drop in" any time a new subject starts (so it is possible to start the course at every moment in the year).

While the main purpose is theoretical training in order to obtain the Private Pilot License, courses are open to anyone who would like to know more about flying or for any pilot who wishes to refresh his/her knowledge.

The English course is given by a team of highly motivated ground instructors on Saturday afternoons between 1:30pm and 5pm, from September until June. Its total duration is 105 hours. Together with the instructor, students can mutually agree to change dates/times subject to their availability. The PPL(A) theory course costs € 550 and includes books.

Do you have questions or are you looking for more information? Contact us today at info@sabena-aeroclub.be.

See you soon!

As from today it is possible to enrol in our English PPL(A) theory course of 2018-2019.

This year, the course starts on September the 22nd at 1:30 pm.        Click here to enrol!    

The course is given on the airfield of Grimbergen (Vliegveld Grimbergen), only 15 kilometers away from Brussels, and is oriented towards the international community and expatriates living in Belgium. Of course, Dutch or French speaking candidates can also participate in the English course, but they may as well choose to enrol in the Dutch or French course. Our theory course is modular which means the student can "drop in" any time a new subject starts (so it is possible to start the course at every moment in the year).

While the main purpose is theoretical training in order to obtain the Private Pilot License, courses are open to anyone who would like to know more about flying or for any pilot who wishes to refresh his/her knowledge.

The English course is given by a team of highly motivated ground instructors on Saturday afternoons between 1:30pm and 5pm, from September until June. Its total duration is 105 hours. Together with the instructor, students can mutually agree to change dates/times subject to their availability. The PPL(A) theory course costs € 600 and includes books.

Do you have questions or are you looking for more information? Contact us today at info@sabena-aeroclub.be.

See you soon!

As from today it is possible to enrol in our English PPL(A) theory course of 2019-2020.

This year, the course starts on September the 21th at 1:30 pm.        Click here to enrol!    

It is also possible (and advised) to follow our introduction class on Saturday the 14th of September, 1:30 pm.

The course is given on the airfield of Grimbergen (Vliegveld Grimbergen), only 15 kilometers away from Brussels, and is oriented towards the international community and expatriates living in Belgium. Of course, Dutch or French speaking candidates can also participate in the English course, but they may as well choose to enrol in the Dutch or French course. Our theory course is modular which means the student can "drop in" any time a new subject starts (so it is possible to start the course at every moment in the year).

While the main purpose is theoretical training in order to obtain the Private Pilot License, courses are open to anyone who would like to know more about flying or for any pilot who wishes to refresh his/her knowledge.

The English course is given by a team of highly motivated ground instructors on Saturday afternoons between 1:30pm and 5pm, from September until June. Its total duration is 112 hours. Together with the instructor, students can mutually agree to change dates/times subject to their availability. The PPL(A) theory course costs € 600 and includes books.

Do you have questions or are you looking for more information? Contact us today at info@sabena-aeroclub.be.

See you soon!

The Sabena Aeroclub is proud to announce the publishing of their own Quick Reference Handbooks (QRH's). After years of hard work to finish an astonishing product, these easy to use handbooks will be able to significantly enhance training for all student pilots. And equally make the licensed pilot fly with more knowledge and confidence. This makes the Sabena Aeroclub the first in Belgium, and possibly worldwide, to introduce QRH's in an aeroclub environment.

A few months ago the Sabena Aeroclub introduced new checklists on their aircraft. "We worked hard to provide our members a safe, nice and easy to use checklist. They feature a standardised layout & order of items (as far as practicable) to provide fleet commonality. They also feature a great quick reference card on the back, containing procedures review, aircraft particularities and general aircraft information (like speeds and other figures that easily tend to be forgotten)", Quinten - DTO Representative - says. These new checklists use a different philosophy. They are not the standard read-and-do checklist most students in aeroclubs are used to. They are checklists (read-and-verify) and as such a safety net. They are proceeded by memory flows (actions to know by heart) to setup the aircraft. Only then the checklist is used to verify that all the items listed on the checklist have been correctly accomplished. They are short & to the point. They do not cover everything: only those items that are safety critical. Flows are incredibly useful for knowing how to quickly setup the aircraft during different phases of flight.

The QRH's contain the flows. These are not a textual copy of the AFM/POH, but contain Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) of the aeroclub. It is divided in the chapters 'Pitch & Power Tables', 'Manoeuvres', 'Normal Procedures', 'Emergency Procedures', 'Patterns', 'Limitations' and 'Operational Info'. These QRH's form an excellent aid to standardisation of training, which is one of the Sabena Aeroclub's focal points.

Besides an online copy which was published months ago, the highly anticipated QRH's are now also available in hard copy format for the Club members for the C152 and DA20-C1. And they look amazing! (The PA28-181 version will come out as well before the end of August 2019. Pre-ordering this is already possible.)

Additionally, the Sabena Aeroclub designed a special training poster for student pilots to allow "chair-flying"! Studying procedures from home as if you are sitting in the real aircraft. These posters will be available in DIN A1 format (84,1 cm x 59,4). Club members that are are interested in a personal copy of a QRH and/or a training poster can use the form included in the email sent to them.