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FLIGHT TRAINING

From passenger to pilot.

Recreational flying is about freedom. Most schools assume every student is a future airline pilot and train them accordingly — we don't. We treat you as someone who wants to fly, and hold you to a high standard of airmanship while you learn.

Book a Trial Flight — $200 Or call 0414 613 765

Pilot Certificate requirements

01Minimum 20 hours flight time, of which 5 must be pilot in command
0215 years of age
03Pass the prescribed theory examinations
04Pass a flight test with an approved examiner

Medical & health

No aviation medical is required. You need to meet the medical standards to hold an Australian motor vehicle licence, or equivalent, and be in good general health.

If you're unsure whether something rules you out, ask us — it usually doesn't.

Endorsements

A pilot certificate is the first step, not the last. Endorsements extend what you're allowed to do:

Passenger Cross-country Tailwheel Radio

The path, step by step

CLICK A STAGE
STAGE 01 OF 06

Trial Introductory Flight

The start of your flying career. You take the controls under the guidance of a qualified instructor and get an honest insight into what the skill actually involves.

STAGE 02 OF 06

Begin training

Effects of controls, straight and level, climbing, descending, turning — then into the circuit. Each flight has a briefing before and a debrief after.

STAGE 03 OF 06

Go solo

Once your circuits and emergency handling are consistent, the instructor steps out and you fly it on your own. Nobody forgets that day.

STAGE 04 OF 06

Theory exams

Air legislation, meteorology, navigation, aircraft systems, human factors and radio. We teach it on the ground here rather than sending you away with a book.

STAGE 05 OF 06

Flight test

Twenty hours minimum, five of them as pilot in command, then a flight test with an approved examiner. Pass it and the certificate is yours.

STAGE 06 OF 06

Endorsements

Passenger, cross-country, radio, tailwheel. This is where a certificate starts turning into genuinely useful flying.

WHO TEACHES YOU

Two instructors. Not a rotating roster.

You'll fly with the same person week to week, which means nobody has to re-learn your habits — least of all you.

Bob Woodward
CHIEF FLYING INSTRUCTOR

Oversees flight operations and training standards, and still takes on ab-initio teaching and check flights.

Craig Day
SENIOR INSTRUCTOR

Runs the school day to day — bookings, scheduling and most of the general instructing, conversions and flight reviews.

Pricing, in full

ALL PRICES INCL. GST
Trial Introductory Flight
Your first time in the left seat. No experience necessary, and the hour counts toward your training if you carry on.
$200once-off · was $275
Flight Training
Ab-initio training, endorsements, conversions and flight reviews. Briefings, ground theory and Narrandera landing fees included.
$275per hour
Training in your own aircraft
Instruction only, in your machine — after a quick look over the aircraft and its paperwork.
from $100per hour
Private Hire
For certificate holders, once you've completed a check ride with one of our instructors.
$200per hour

Flight training rates include pre- and post-flight briefing, ground theory, and landing fees and charges at Narrandera Airport. RAAus membership and student registration are paid separately, direct to RAAus.

PLAN IT OUT

How long will it take me?

Drag the sliders. Twenty hours is the regulatory minimum; in practice most people are ready at around twenty-five.

HOURS YOU FLY PER MONTH3
TOTAL HOURS TO FLIGHT TEST25
TIME TO CERTIFICATE
9 months
EST. TRAINING COST
$6,738
Indicative only, at $275 per hour including briefings and landing fees. RAAus membership, theory materials and the flight test are extra — we'll write you a proper estimate at your first lesson.

Frequently asked questions

The regulatory minimum is 20 hours of flight time, five of which must be as pilot in command, plus theory exams and a flight test. In practice most people take a bit more than the minimum — how much depends entirely on how often you fly. Students who come every week or two get there far more efficiently than those who fly once a month, simply because less time is spent re-learning what you did last visit.
An RAAus Pilot Certificate lets you fly registered recreational aircraft up to two seats and 600 kg maximum take-off weight. A CASA Private Pilot Licence covers larger General Aviation aircraft and controlled airspace, and requires an aviation medical. For most people who want to fly for pleasure, the recreational certificate is faster, cheaper and gets you doing the same thing: flying yourself somewhere on a nice morning. If you later want to move to GA, the hours and skills you build here carry across.
Not an aviation one. You need to meet the medical standards required to hold an Australian motor vehicle licence, or the equivalent, and be in good general health. Glasses are fine. If you have a specific condition you're worried about, ring us and ask — it very rarely turns out to be a problem.
You arrive, we walk around the aircraft together and talk about what you're going to do, then we go flying. Once we're clear of the circuit you'll have your hands on the controls doing gentle turns, climbs and descents with the instructor talking you through it. It's not a joyride with someone else flying — you fly it. Allow about an hour and a half from arriving to leaving.
Usually not much. We'll fly with you to see where you're at, cover the differences that matter — the type, the register's rules, and anything specific to the aircraft — and sign you off when you're at standard. Experienced pilots often convert in a handful of hours. There's no benefit to us in dragging it out.
We rebook, at no cost. Nobody learns anything useful in conditions beyond their ability, and nobody enjoys their first flight while getting knocked about. We watch the forecast in the days beforehand and will usually ring you in advance rather than have you drive out for nothing.

The sky's closer than you think.

One phone call and you could be flying this weekend.

0414 613 765