The Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club is a flying club based at Bristol Airport, providing plane hire, flying instruction and a ground school for general aviation.

The club was formed in 1927 and officially opened by the Air Minister, Sir Samuel Hoare, on 8 October of that year.

[citation needed] [1] [2] [3] The Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club operates from the Bristol Flying School building in the Silver Zone of Bristol Airport, where it has classrooms and a restaurant.

The club provides trial flights, self-fly hire and professional flying training.

They instruct for the Private Pilot Licence, NPPL, LAPL,[4] the IMC rating, night tating and multi-engine piston rating.