About

Bristell B23-916iS

The Bristell B23-916iS is a modern all-metal two-seat trainer built for high-utilisation flight training. It pairs an integrated glass cockpit with safety systems that very few Indian training fleets carry, and a modern fuel-injected turbocharged engine that keeps the cost per hour low enough for us to keep flying rather than ration sorties.
  • Integrated glass-cockpit avionics from your first lesson
  • Autopilot with a dedicated straight-and-level recovery function
  • Whole-airframe ballistic parachute recovery system
  • Modern turbocharged, fuel-injected powerplant with low fuel burn
  • Dual controls, excellent all-round visibility and forgiving low-speed handling

Specifications

153 ft+

Take off Ground Roll

608 nm+

Max Range

130 ktas+

Max Cruise Speed

1320 fpm+

Max Climb Rate

Aviation’s Ultimate Classroom

A cockpit that matches your future flight deck

Integrated digital displays from your first lesson, so the transition to an airline flight deck is a step rather than a leap. The scan you build here is the scan you will use professionally.

Recovery systems that work when you are alone

A single button returns the aircraft to straight and level from an unusual attitude, and a ballistic parachute can bring the whole airframe down under canopy. During solo consolidation these are genuine safety layers, not specification-sheet features.

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Built for a full training day

Dual controls, wide visibility, forgiving low-speed handling and a cockpit comfortable enough for consecutive sorties. Training aircraft earn their keep by flying often, and this one is built for it.

Efficiency that protects your hours

Modern fuel-injected engine technology with meaningfully lower fuel burn than legacy trainers. That efficiency is why we can schedule sorties freely instead of protecting margin by limiting them.

Talk to Admissions

Not sure where to start? Call us.

Our admissions team can walk you through eligibility, timelines and the fee structure in ten minutes. No pressure and no follow-up campaign.

Key Features

The benefits of training with Melstarr Aviation Learning Academy

Seven to eight months

A programme that will take you with zero or little flying experience through an FAA structured programme.

Glass cockpit from lesson one

Modern integrated avionics, autopilot with automated straight-and-level recovery, and whole-airframe parachute recovery.

Multi-engine and night included

Multi-engine training, night flying and landing charges at other bases are covered in the programme fee.

Competency-based assessment

Debriefed against defined competencies every sortie, with a competency check closing every phase.

One site at Kurnool

Ground school, flying, operations and maintenance together. No commuting between a city classroom and a distant airstrip.

Airline readiness built in

Interview and psychometric familiarisation, group exercise practice and a full logbook audit before you go to selection.

Selection Process

How to apply

  1. Enquire. Send us the form or call. We will send the full programme document and the fee structure. No pressure, and no campaign of messages you did not ask for.
  2. Counselling. A conversation with our team, in person at Kurnool or online. Bring your parents and bring the difficult questions. This is the point at which to be sceptical, not after you have paid.
  3. Medical. Obtain your DGCA Class 2 medical. Do this before committing substantial money to anyone.
  4. Assessment. We look for aptitude, English proficiency and a realistic understanding of the career.
  5. Registration. Confirm your seat. Seats are limited by fleet and instructor capacity.
  6. Documentation. Computer number application, verification and DGCA formalities, which we work through with you rather than handing you a checklist.
  7. Induction. Ground school begins.
Read our frequently asked questions section to find out more.

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