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Oxford Aviation Academy
Oxford Aviation Academy
Oxford Aviation Academy is an aviation training organisation. It includes the former Oxford Aviation Training - a commercial pilot training school based at Oxford Airport in the United Kingdom and Phoenix Goodyear Airport in the United States; the former SAS Flight Academy, the former GECAT and the...
(Oxford) Ltd., known as Oxford Aviation Training prior to February 2008, is a commercial pilot training school based at Oxford Airport
Oxford Airport
-Expansion:The airport is currently looking to establish new routes out of the airport to help grow the airport and grow more into the comercial avaition market. The routes they are looking at are Edinburgh, Dublin, Munich, Amsterdam, Paris, Glasgow and Barcelona...
in the United Kingdom and Phoenix Goodyear Airport
Phoenix Goodyear Airport
Phoenix Goodyear Airport , formerly known as Goodyear Municipal Airport, is a public airport located one mile southwest of the central business district of Goodyear, in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States....
in the United States.
History
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
of Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
in 1939. However, restrictions placed on civil aviation
Civil aviation
Civil aviation is one of two major categories of flying, representing all non-military aviation, both private and commercial. Most of the countries in the world are members of the International Civil Aviation Organization and work together to establish common standards and recommended practices...
during World War II curtailed its activities and the airfield operated as RAF Kidlington for the duration of hostilities. The club reopened in 1947, renamed as the Oxford Aeroplane Club. During the 1950s it gradually increased its fleet and, by 1960, had become a flying school geared to the training of professional pilots.
In 1961, the flying school's parent company, Oxford Aviation, merged with the Pressed Steel Company
Pressed Steel Company
The Pressed Steel Company Limited was a British car body manufacturing company founded at Cowley near Oxford in 1926 as a joint venture between William Morris, the Budd Corporation and an American bank. Today at what was the company's Cowley plant, the BMW new MINI is assembled, this site is...
to become British Executive Air Services Ltd. (BEAS). Dedicated ground school buildings and student residential accommodation were provided on site, and the first fully integrated Commercial Pilot's Licence
Commercial Pilot Licence
A Commercial Pilot License or, in the United States, a Commercial Pilot Certificate, is a qualification that permits the holder to act as the Pilot In Command of a single pilot aircraft, or as co-pilot of a multi-pilot aircraft and be paid for his/her work.The basic requirements to obtain the...
and Instrument Rating
Instrument rating
Instrument rating refers to the qualifications that a pilot must have in order to fly under IFR . It requires additional training and instruction beyond what is required for a Private Pilot certificate or Commercial Pilot certificate, including rules and procedures specific to instrument flying,...
courses began in May 1962.
In 1963, the BEAS Flying Training Division was renamed Oxford Air Training School. Since then, over twenty thousand trained commercial pilots and aircraft engineers
Aircraft maintenance
Aircraft maintenance is the overhaul, repair, inspection or modification of an aircraft or aircraft component.Maintenance includes the installation or removal of a component from an aircraft or aircraft subassembly, but does not include:...
have graduated from the school. The school changed its name to Oxford Aviation Training (OAT) in the 1990s.
On 19 June 2007, OAT's parent company BBA Aviation Group sold OAT to GCAT Flight Academy (formerly General Electric Commercial Aviation Training, part of General Electric
General Electric
General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...
and SAS Flight Academy
SAS Flight Academy
The former SAS Flight Academy, owned by the STAR Capital Partners has been merged with Oxford Aviation Academy Ltd. and they provide a variety of training services for airlines and air crew, ranging from total training packages to straightforward selling of simulator time. Training facilities are...
, part of Scandinavian Airlines System
Scandinavian Airlines System
Scandinavian Airlines or SAS, previously Scandinavian Airlines System, is the flag carrier of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and the largest airline in Scandinavia....
) for $63 million (£32 million). The deal was backed by GCAT Flight Academy's majority shareholder, STAR Capital Partners an independent venture capital
Venture capital
Venture capital is financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries, such as...
fund.
In early February 2008, GCAT Flight Academy changed its registered name to Oxford Aviation Academy Ltd. Oxford Aviation Training Ltd. changed its registered name to Oxford Aviation Academy (Oxford) Ltd. OAT's branding and logo adorning the training centre at Oxford and Goodyear Airports were replaced, with the new logo bearing the title 'Oxford Aviation Academy'. The insignia on the tailplanes of its Piper PA-28 Warrior and Piper PA-34 Seneca
Piper PA-34 Seneca
The Piper PA-34 Seneca is an American twin-engined light aircraft, produced by Piper Aircraft since 1971 and still in production in 2011.The Seneca is primarily used for personal and business flying.-Development:...
aircraft were also replaced with the new logo design. The new logo also appeared at the 8 locations formerly named GCAT Flight Academy, including those in Scandinavia and Hong Kong that GCAT purchased from SAS Flight Academy and the Woodford Training Center purchased from BAE Systems. These changes were a result of both GCAT Flight Academy and Oxford Aviation Training being re-branded as Oxford Aviation Academy. The new Oxford Aviation Academy website was launched on 4 February 2008: http://www.oaa.com though the old http://www.oxfordaviation.net website is still active. Most of the links at http://www.oaa.com in the ab-initio pilot training section redirect to pages at http://www.oxfordaviation.net.
Fleet
| Aircraft | Fleet | Seats | Engine |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piper PA-28 Warrior | 32 | 4 | Single Piston |
| Piper PA-34 Seneca Piper PA-34 Seneca The Piper PA-34 Seneca is an American twin-engined light aircraft, produced by Piper Aircraft since 1971 and still in production in 2011.The Seneca is primarily used for personal and business flying.-Development:... |
22 | 6 | Twin Piston |
| Socata TB20 Trinidad | 2 | 4 | Single Piston |
| Zlin 242L | 1 | 2 | Single Piston |
| Simulator | Fleet | Engine |
|---|---|---|
| Piper PA28/PA34 Dual model | 3 | Single/Twin Piston |
| Piper PA34 Seneca | 4 | Twin Piston |
| PC Desktop Trainers | 12 | Twin Piston |
| Boeing 737-400 | 2 | Twin Jet |
| Canadair CRJ-200 | 1 | Twin Jet |
APP First Officer
This is a UK CAACAA
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Approved full-time JAR-FCL Integrated course of pilot training and is used to train pilots to the level of proficiency necessary to enable them to operate as a Commercial Pilot for airlines flying under JAA/EASA oversight. The course is designed for trainees who have little or no previous flying experience and must be completed at one flight training organisation. Beginning September 2007, in cooperation with Buckinghamshire New University, OAA added a Foundation Degree in Airline Transport Management to the APP First Officer Course. The integrated course syllabus was modified in January 2008, to affect those from AP285 onwards, and now consists of 216 hours of flight training and 760 hours of ATPL(A) theoretical knowledge training and lasts approximately 16 months – culminating in the issue of a JAA CPL
Commercial Pilot Licence
A Commercial Pilot License or, in the United States, a Commercial Pilot Certificate, is a qualification that permits the holder to act as the Pilot In Command of a single pilot aircraft, or as co-pilot of a multi-pilot aircraft and be paid for his/her work.The basic requirements to obtain the...
with Instrument Rating
Instrument rating
Instrument rating refers to the qualifications that a pilot must have in order to fly under IFR . It requires additional training and instruction beyond what is required for a Private Pilot certificate or Commercial Pilot certificate, including rules and procedures specific to instrument flying,...
and Multi-Crew Co-operation credit. Following this course, a pilot is now qualified to seek employment as a First Officer on jet or turboprop aircraft and commence airliner type, base and line training.