LEARNING TO FLY with WAGGA BIKE TYRES

Our school is set up to provide training and general assistance/advice for anyone wanting to obtain or renew their Pilot Certificate. Your success is our aim.

Do I qualify for flight training?   Almost certainly!

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The health standard is that you would be able to hold a private motor vehicle driver's licence and be prepared to sign a declaration to that effect. Reasonable Strine (Aussie) language skills are required. You may undergo training at any age but will have to be fifteen to fly solo.

What tests do I have to pass?
Prior to your first solo flight there is a multiple choice (20 questions) test on the 'road rules' of the sky.....just like an RTA test.
At any stage and in any order you may sit the other exams. They are all multiple choice and there is one for each of the four subjects listed above. Just knock them over one at a time to suit yourself.  Once these are out of the way and you have worked your way through the in flight training syllabus it will be time for your final flight test.  There is nothing horrific about this.  You will just be required to demonstrate the flying exercises practised during training and to make in-flight decisions as 'Pilot In Command'.  The pass standard is 'competent', not 'perfect'.

What would training from 'scratch' to Pilot Certificate standard set me back?
Typically, it might look like this:

Administrative costs	160
Text books and log book	130
Say, 22 hours instructional flying @ $150 per hour	3300
Note: The minimum requirement is 20 hours.	$3590

Later, you will want a 'cross country' endorsement because your Pilot Certificate carries a restriction that you can only fly within a 25 nautical mile radius from where you took off. This involves further study, the main subjects being Flight Planning, Meteorology and Navigation.

Texts, maps and navigation tools, say	220
Say, 10 hours of instructional cross country flying	1500
Note: The minimum requirement is 10 hours.	$1720

Once you have a ticket you are welcome to hire our Jabiru at $100 per flying hour, fuel included. Understandably, you'll probably aim to own your own machine at some stage.

Pilot Certificate?  
This is not a Pilot Licence but is a legally recognised qualification to operate so called 'recreational' aircraft. Your Pilot Certificate can serve as a basis to progress to a Private, Commercial or Airline Transport Pilot Licence after further training.

Where is your Training Facility?
We operate from Hangar 303, Forest Hill Aerodrome, 'on demand'. This means that our hangar is  often unattended at times when we aren't flying or servicing the aircraft.

When is training available?
Seven days a week, during daylight hours, to suit you. Of course, there are a few possible show stoppers such as aircraft or instructor illness or prior booking, and of course, the weather.

To contact us.....
Chief Flying Instructor Fred Burke can occasionally be found at our shop at 171 Fitzmaurice Street. The shop phone is 02 69 214981.
Fred’s mobile is 0407 252505.