African drumming at the Flying School

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fire Training at Panshanger

de Havilland Day @ Panshanger Aerodrome

Today is de Havilland Day at Panshanger Aerodrome, as I type planes will be flying into Panshanger to celebrate the work started by Geoffrey de Havilland.

There's a chance of a flight in a vintage plane, there's great food available at the cafe, a de Havilland Museum information stall, a Jazz duo plus a talk about the great man's work at 3pm in the cafe.

Bring your camera, bring your family and friends it's gonna be great!

Entrance is £5 to members.


If you're not a member but if you would like to come along we're offering lifetime membership and entrance to the the event for only £10 payable at the gate.

If you have any pictures or videos from today's event please add them to our facebook page or our new feedback forum.

Wedding departs from NLFS

A bride marrying at Tewin Bury Fam Hotel rendevous'd with her beautiful horse and carriage at the North London Flying School Car Park before making her way to her wedding ceremony. We hope their marriage gets off to a FLYING start! :-)

NLFS Flight Instructors

     Haim                                                                        Ivan                                                              Seb

     David                                                                      Sergio                                                          Graham

  Click on each photo to view a larger version.

  There's two other instructors; Jitesh and Isaac - photos of these guys will be up as soon as we have them.

Videos of the de Havilland Fly Out (1st June)

A few videos of the de Havilland formation fly out we had on the 1st June

de Havilland Fly Past

A team of 7 de Havilland aircraft had a rendezvous at Panshanger Aerodrome today. Once all the pilots had been fed and watered in the cafe they flew in formation over the University and then over the de Havilland Museum. There was some stunning aircraft on parade and the weather held out. Superb!

Mid Summer's Party 14th July - Theme is announced

The theme for the Mid Summer's party has been decided ... it's Sports - with the Olympics so close on it's heels it would have been rude not to - so come dressed to reflect any sport.

Let your imagination run wild!

Dan our chef is tempted to don his Hong Kong Phooey outfit. Other suggestions have been swimmer, tennis player, sumo wrestler, golfer, american football player, gymnast, cyclist, rally driver and darts player!

What will you come as? Leave us a comment or just maybe a clue?

New growth at North London Flying School

A new cherry tree took pride of place outside the toilet block [!] today, lovingly planted by Robbie. Let's hope it bears fruit then it might be cherry pies all round!

Robbie has also spruced up the borders and has been tidying, weeding, strimming and mowing all week to make the grounds look their best.

Trial Flight Price Comparison

Checking 5 of the closest aerodrome flying schools, the prices for Trial Flights at Panshanger are proven to be consistantly the cheapest.

Stapleford Aerodrome £79 for 30 minutes
Elstree Aerodrome £180 for 30 minutes
Henlow Aerodrome £80 for 30 minutes
Beccles Aerodrome £90 for 30 minutes
White Waltham Aerodrome £105 for 30 minutes

With North London Flying School at Panshanger Aerodrome  it's £74.99 for 30 minutes, and that £74.99 includes a free tea or coffee for the Pilot in the cafe and one months free club membership.

Snake on a Plane?

A VIP visitor from Jersey landed at Panshanger Aerodrome this morning ... a Boa Constrictor! It was on it's way to a new home via the Flying School's Club House.

After having the once over from it's travelling companions - and a posing for a few photos - it went on it's way. We hope it's happy in it's new home :)

Biscotti, Olives & Spicy Nuts

Alex, Dan and Robbie have been creating another batch of home-made biscotti. Come in over the bank holiday weekend (we're open Monday as well) and see what you think. Great dipped in a Mocha :)

We took delivery of our Olives et Al supplies yesterday, feta stuffed olives, sunshine olives and piri piri nuts.

Love those little olive catchers, they're so cute! Order some as a nibble, a starter or as a sharing plate.

New chef + new dishes + new layout + new tables = better cafe?

Lots of changes in the cafe recently; new chef, new staff, new layout, new tables, new dishes, new blinds, new flowers, new ashtrays ... I could go on! So many improvements but there's still more to come. The cafe is a great place to chat, meet friends, have a drink and/or have a meal while visiting the Aerodrome. We have specials most days along with freshly ground coffees and a multitude of specialty teas and soft drinks.

Watch out for our spicy nuts, smoky nuts classic and feta stuffed olives from Olives et Al which we start selling next week - we're expecting lots of sunshine :-\ 

Our new dedicated motorcycle parking area

Many of our members including Haim and head chef Dan ride motorbikes and indeed we occasionally are visited by a few constabulary quad bikes so this area is going to be a welcome addition.

Those who think it was an excuse for boys to play in the mud with a mini-JCB are just simply wrong! ;-)

Our new tree trunk planters

After much chainsaw sculpting by Haim (in the pouring rain) we have some awesome tree trunk planters outside the kitchen in which we can grow various herbs and some vegetables ready for the summer. 

We'll post some pictures of the produce when it arrives. Meantime we already have a tree trunk planter by the cafe entrance that's bearing fruit... well herbs which regularly get used in the Out of the Box Cafe dishes.

Welcome to North London Flying School's Blog

We've decided to enter the blogosphere!

This is where we'll update you about everything  that's going on at the Flying School. We'll have lists of students who've made their 1st solo flight and those who've passed their PPL. We'll keep you informed on events - from our Revival Day, Summer Party & Aerobatic Day to lectures, talks and presentations. We'll tell you about our ideas, show you pictures of new features, new cafe dishes, new tables, new plants, new staff, new planes ... you get the idea!

Please comment (we do mean that) on any post that interests you. We really value the feedback we get.