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Maths and physics workshops for students

Maths & physics for aviation workshops delivered by the UK's only Pilot & Qualified Teacher

School, College & Sixth Form events now booking

ABOUT

Pilot training in the UK is expanding from being an elite inaccessible career option to one that is within reach of all students. With the launch of British Airways Speedbird Academy or TUI & Easyjets publicly stated need for over 1000 new pilots to be trained up annually there is a whole new way to training to be a pilot that is either fully funded or available with easy to access finance options for students

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So you want to be a Pilot is a day long school based workshop that delivers maths and physics based sessions to students at GCSE and A Level. The day is delivered by Pilot Sam Piri who is also a qualified science teacher.

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Sam brings together the core areas of mathematics and physics that make aircraft fly and that any aspiring pilot needs to know to succeed in a career in aviation. Key elements of the Airline Transport Pilot Licence are introduced with signposting for careers material to access and pursue a career in aviation.

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ABOUT

Pilot training in the UK is expanding from being an elite inaccessible career option to one that is within reach of all students. With the launch of British Airways Speedbird Academy, TUI & Easyjet's publicly stated need for over 1000 new pilots to be trained up annually for the next decade there is a whole new way to train to be a pilot that is either fully funded or available with easy to access finance options for students.

 

EXPOSE STUDENTS TO AVIATION AS AN ACCESSIBLE CAREER OPTION​

 

'So you want to be a Pilot?' is a school or college based academically rigorous day long workshop that delivers curriculum linked and aviation related maths and physics based sessions to students at GCSE & A Level. The sessions are built to match the concepts needed as part of the main exam specifications and give a taster into ground school training provided at CAA Flight Schools in the UK. The content is also married to that needed to pass the Flight School Selection Exam and Interview. The day is delivered by our pilot & qualified science teacher and pilot who has over 20 years experience in teaching students.

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ENHANCE YOUR CURRENT CURRICULUM​

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We bring together the core areas of mathematics and physics that make aircraft fly and that any aspiring pilot needs to know to secure in a career in aviation. Key elements of the Airline Transport Pilot Licence are introduced with insight lead session into the selection process and entry exams.​​ Airlines across the country are offering funded training places at Flight Training Schools. Aviation as a career is a viable, affordable career option for many and has never been as accessible as it is today!

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ENRICH STUDENT LEARNING AND INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES â€‹

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£810,000.00

GRANT FUNDING AVAILABLE

The Department for Transport & CAA 'Reach for the Sky programme is back for 2025. See if your students can benefit from a share of the funds.

THE PROGRAMME

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Pilot Training Options

 

  • Current funding models, funded programmes and how to apply

  • Modular training vs integrated training

  • Student pilot training journey

  • PPL, Hours building, night rating, ATPL, CPL, MEIR, UPRT, APS MCC

  • Inside tips and tricks for gaining places​

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Session duration: 30 mins

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"Overwhelmingly positive feedback from students who took part in the sessions"
Emma Papworth, Gravesend Grammar School

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Funding Grants & Bright Future Workshop subsidies now available
 

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Physics for Aviation

GCSE & A Level

  • Forces acting on an aircraft

  • Generating the lift force, vectors, motion, flutter & resonance

  • The unwanted drag force

  • Generating thrust, turbofan vs turboprop, work, energy & power

  • Radio navigation, using transverse waves

  • Aircraft Climbing & Descending

  • Pressure & Density, gas laws & theory

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Session duration: 2 hours

"Exceptional, great stretch & challenge and I would run one of these events at school again"
Jayke Hartley, Hymers College Independent School

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MATCHED TO 
AQA, EDEXCEL & OCR
SPECIFICATIONS

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Mathematics for Aviation

GCSE & A Level

  • Trigonometry , angles for flight

  • Velocity, speed, distance, time

  • Bank angle, turn radius and using circles

  • Weights, volumes, distances and conversions

  • Graphs for pilots

  • Aircraft mass & balance -moments

  • Rearranging aviation formulae and solving equations

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Session duration: 2 hours

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Post Event Support

 

  • Qualities needed in student pilots (online assessment)

  • Personal attributes (online assessment)

  • Practice selection exam (online access)

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Self completion

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PACKED WITH
TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
AND REAL WORLD APPLICATION

Book an Event

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How does it work?

 

Your booking with us includes:

  • Includes all  academic sessions delivered using our interactive group format flight deck

  • DBS checked qualified teacher & pilot leading the session

  • Pop up flight training school installation

  • All graph workbooks and data annexes

  • Printed colour workbooks

  • Printed colour 'Aviation Ready certificate of participation for Flight School applications

  • 50 Question online exam to examine learning post event and check progress​

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Run times:

There is 4 hours 30 minutes of content to cover to complete the workshop. The workshop will begin at 0900 and finish at 1430 allowing for 1 hour of break time (including lunch). 

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You need to provide:

  • A large hall or gymnasium space

  • 60 chairs

  • 22 tables

  • A working screen & projector or large TV able to receive a HDMI input

  • Cable access to a power socket

  • A supervising staff member to manage behaviour

  • Scientific calculators for each student taking part

  • A nominated first aider

  • Site access from 0800

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Cost

Available for GCSE, A Level or mixed groups of up to 60 students:

 

Within M25 & Scotland £1550.00

All other locations £1350.00

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To book a session please send us an email containing your organisation location as well as any preferred event dates and one of our bookings team will respond with a quote & availability, alternatively call our Newcastle office on 01913800920.

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Contact

All enquiries

Call: 0191 380 0920

Email: bookings@soyouwanttobeapilot.co.uk

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