Our History
Since 1967

Wycombe Air Centre was founded in 1967 by Tony Gyslenyck OBE as a family owned and operated flying training and aircraft hire company. The quality of aircraft and training provided soon earned the company a national reputation for being an efficient, friendly and professional organisation: qualities we still strive to maintain to the present day.

The company expanded over the years and, in 1999, Tony sold the company to a management team of long-serving employees, although he still came to visit regularly!

In 2006 the company became part of the Cabair organisation which opened up some new business opportunities for the company. Wycombe Air Centre worked hard during this period to retain its individuality to the extent that many would have been unaware of the change of ownership!

Over the years, Wycombe Air Centre has trained thousands of pilots: those wishing to fly for recreation and those wishing to forge a career in the industry. Past students now fly for all the major airlines: British Airways, Virgin, bmi, Cathay Pacific and Emirates to name just a few and our private pilot membership list grows steadily.

We are proud to provide training for scholarship students from charitable organisations such as the Air League and the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators, and will once again be organising a charitable Fly the Children day in 2010 following the success from previous years.

As well as individual members and students, we now also provide training in association with two large universities. Buckinghamshire New University runs a degree course in airline management that encompasses flight training and we have been very pleased to provide the flight training for their commercial licences and instrument ratings. Brunel University Aviation Engineering and Pilot Studies course also sends us upwards of 25 students per year to complete their NPPLs. These courses help Wycombe Air Centre to remain a busy and vibrant training facility.

And the future for Wycombe Air Centre? We await with anticipation the arrival of the new Cessna Skycatcher aircraft to our fleet which should arrive at some point in 2012, and the future growth of the company as a whole.