About Us

Operations started from the Nissen Hut at Thruxton on August 4th 2024, using G-BNRP (a Piper PA-28-181), and four part-time instructors. We’re committed to your training and won’t be asking for payment in advance or flying when the weather’s marginal, and if you’ve trained with us you can (subject to a successful check ride and membership of the Kurusha Club) hire our aircraft. Self-fly hirers are also welcome subject to a successful check ride and membership of the Club.
The ab-initio courses we run are LAPL(A) and PPL(A), although we can run the NPPL course too, and can instruct for the Night Rating and Instrument Rating (Restricted), using courses written by The Honourable Company of Air Pilots and AOPA. We have access to two examiners, whom we can normally get at short notice. In due course we hope to be able to run aerobatic courses but we don’t yet have a suitable aircraft.
For more information either call/text Nick on 07808 682704 or email admin@kurusha.uk, and we’ll get in touch as soon as we can.
Staff
Nick
The ‘Responsible Representative’ – and Chief Instructor, holding commercial aeroplane and helicopter licences with over 7000 hours of flight time. An instructor and examiner since 1989, Nick’s flying career started in the Fleet Air Arm, after which he flew Search and Rescue, offshore oil and gas support, HEMS (air ambulance) and for the police, before spending a few years as a CAA Flight Operations (Training) Inspector and a few more as an instrument flight procedure designer.
Dan
With over 10,000 hours in the cockpit, Dan has a wide range of flying experience from vintage biplanes and training aircraft, through to modern turboprops and commercial jets.
He has been instructing for over ten years and is a former airline Training Captain. Dan teaches for the LAPL and PPL.
Simon
Simon has been flying for over 23 years and has amassed over 2,400 hours instruction time teaching on LAPL, NPPL, PPL, night and differences training. He teaches on both microlights and SEP aircraft.
He has mountain flying experience in California, Nevada and Arizona and bush flying experience in South Africa. Simon has also enjoyed ferrying aircraft from the UK to the Canary Islands and back.
His main job is a software engineer and in the past has developed flight safety software licensed to a major defence company.
Don
Our most experienced instructor, Don has been flying for over 50 years and has amassed over 5,000 hours instruction time teaching on LAPL, PPL, CPL, night, IMC/IR(R), aerobatics and Flying Instructor courses as well as doing tailwheel conversions and most other differences training.
Don has instructed in the UK and Middle East and is an examiner for LAPL, PPL and IMC/IR(R) ratings.
For the past 25 years he has spent much time flying around the Canadian Rockies, visiting most airfields between Vancouver and Calgary and from the USA to the Yukon.