At Academy 4, Aviation Academy, the training partner for Pipistrel and the developer of the Pipistrel Academy with the Pipistrel Academy LAB training programme, we are offering several options for foreign pilots and students.
All training in Slovenia takes place between 1.st April and 1.st December due to weather factors. Slovenia is one of the best places for light aircraft flying, since it provides three different sceneries (Alpine, Coastal and Central) all within one hour of flight.
ELEMENTARY TRAINING PACKAGE
Each student pilot contemplating training in Slovenia must first undergo an elementary training package. This includes:
- type e-learning on pipistrel-online.com
- 10 flight hours
- three lectures
- one simulator (X-ALPHA) session
This can be covered in ten days of stay in Slovenia out of which at least 8 days must be flyable.
The cost of the elementary training package is 2000 EUR for the training content. Additional costs include own transport to location and lodging.
The number of elementary training packages each year is extremely limited and is available only by prepayment.

X-ALPHA 200
TYPE TRAINING
This is for a licensed pilot that would like to use the world best instructors to convert to Pipistrel aircraft. At anytime we provide training on ALPHA Trainer and Virus SW 121. For more types, special arrangements should be made.
The price in 2020 for Virus SW 121 is 185 EUR/hr and for the ALPHA Trainer 160 EUR/hr. This price includes everything including the aircraft, fuel, instructor etc. The only item not included are the landing fees on en-route airfields.
The prerequisite for training is the purchase and completion of the pipistrel-online.com type course.
This is one of the best type training courses and your confidence will increase in short field operations, stalling, spinning, recoveries from unusual attitudes, engine failures and other emergency situations.
PREMIUM TRAINING
Every flying seasons there are a few available full EASA PPL(A) course training positions available at the Pipistrel Academy Lab for foreign students. These are available upon inquiry. The price for this is 185 EUR / hour.
If you are a student pilot from abroad, we recommend the following accommodation:
- Hostel Plus Caffe, Petrovce, Slovenia. Phone number is: +386 40 307 700. It is within walking distance of the airfield.
The location of our base airport (LJCL) is given on the map below:
Apart from the Hostel Plus Caffe, we also recommend two locations out of which first is economical (Hotel Celeia, between 50 – 72 EUR per night), and second is optimum (Hotel Europa, between 96 – 121 EUR per night). However, apart from the aforementioned, both require the use of the rent-a-car. All of these locations and recommended direction on how to get to the airfield are given on the above map.
**All flying is logged and charged from engine start to engine shutdown.
**Payment is made through bank transfer.
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