Skytrek Flying School Rochester

G-BMCN on the apron at Lydd, submitted by a student who did her first landaway today! Happy student, happy instructor ☺️

When you're a perfectly nice Cessna 172SP, but a Spitfire decides to join the photo shoot... The aviation equivalent of your cool older brother showing up!

Spitfire operated by Aero Legends

“Why do you call the planes things like 'Tango Mike'?” That's a question a recent visitor to our office asked, and we love those kinds of questions!

Our planes aren’t just “the blue one” or “the one that looks like a tube of Aquafresh” (although we absolutely know which ones you mean 😄).

Every aircraft has a registration, a unique identifier like a number plate. When pilots say those letters on the radio, we use the phonetic alphabet to clearly differentiate them. To make messages more succinct, once the full registration has been read and acknowledged over the radio it can be abbreviated to just the last two letters, so "Golf Charlie Golf Tango Mike" becomes "Golf Tango Mike". Around the office we don't need more than the last two letters, so TM is just "Tango Mike". It’s one of the little things that makes aviation feel like its own language... but before long, you’ll find yourself saying “India Alpha” or "Charlie Whiskey" without even thinking about it!

And if you’re a newbie visiting us and have a question? Please go ahead and ask! 😊✈️

Deal & its pier looking beautiful in afternoon sunshine. 🌞 There's something so magical about flying along the coast!

Congratulations to our student Callun who flew his first solo! This is a huge milestone achievement for any pilot, and one you never forget. Well done! 👏😃

The grass is looking parched but the planes are looking good and ready to go!

We're looking for Flight Instructors to join our friendly team at Rochester Airport in Kent, working full or part-time training students for their PPLs and beyond in a supportive and professional training environment.

You'll be working with enthusiastic students and a well-maintained aircraft fleet of Cessna 152s and 172s and based at our purpose-built office. Rochester is an active and welcoming airport, located just 5 minutes' from Junction 3 of the M2.

Send your CV to [email protected] and tag any other instructors who might be interested in the comments 👇