1994 Australian Flying Training Directory

However, if there is a recovery out there, it is certainly not being felt uniformly by all operators. There are winners and losers emerging, with some schools reporting an encouraging increase in flying activity, while others are continuing to bump along the bottom. It is clear that the recession has heightened customers’ desire to find value for money, and it is likely that the market will deal harshly with schools which don’t meet the required standards of customer service and product quality.

An unexpected side effect of the recession is that it has produced a new crop of “mature age” junior instructors. These are people who have found their former careers as office workers and middle managers prematurely terminated, presenting them with the opportunity to do the one thing they always wanted to do in the first place, which was fly.

it Suddenly, the industry is finding it is getting the people has been crying out for over many years-mature, committed, career flight instructors who love exactly what they are doing, rather than being there just to build up their hours and move on to the airlines as quickly as they possibly can.

As reported last year, several Australian schools have been doing quite well through the training of students for national airlines in Asia. Unfortunately, the problem with relying too heavily on this strategy, as several flying schools are finding out at the moment, is that other countries have recessions too.

Indeed, partly due to the efficiency of the Australian train- ing, a number of Asian airlines are now finding themselves with too many junior pilots at the same time that there is unprecedented pressure on their bottom line. As a result, cadet pilot course numbers are being wound back.

Although it is not normal practice to single out individual schools for mention in a general survey of this kind, there is one school which, by size and scale of its operations, is having an impact which is being felt throughout the industry.

The scale of the British Aerospace-Ansett Flying College at Tamworth, NSW is altogether different to anything seen before in this country. The College has a planned staff of 150 and capacity for up to 250 cadets. Furthermore, it has the not inconsiderable financial backing of British Aerospace and Ansett which have so far invested $80 million in the project, and the support of the NSW Government which has contributed a further $6. 5 million dollars towards the upgrading of airport infrastructure. It also enjoys enthusiastic, active support from the local community through well organised agencies such as the Tamworth Development Corporation.

It was announced midway through last year that the College had secured a multi million dollar contract to train pilots for Vietnam Airlines. The initial agreement is to train 64 pilots but it is expected to become a long term relationship.

Important deals like this – with a developing country such as Vietnam – are only possible through working at the highest levels of Government.

Officials of a national Government such as Vietnam generally have little conception of dealing with the small businessmen who characterise much of the Australian flying training industry. Active Government support is therefore crucial to success at winning such contracts.

Officials from China have also inspected Tamworth, and so further large contracts may not be far away.

The College has also been winning business away from other Australian operators.

One example is the recently announced open ended contract for the training of cadets from Japanese regional airline ANK, a member of the ANA Group. The course will receive the official approval of the Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB), and cadets will be trained to syllabuses designed to meet JCAB requirements.

Prior to Tamworth winning the contract, these cadets were being trained (to ANK’s entire satisfaction, it should be pointed out) at one of Bankstown’s leading schools. Hence this contract is good news for Tamworth, but something of a zero sum gain for Australia.

Another new development we have seen during the past year is where we provide the real estate and airspace for flying training which overseas customers then conduct for themselves. Recent examples include the use of facilities at Avalon in Victoria by All Nippon Airlines and at Perth by Singapore Airlines (which does also use Australian instructors) and the Singapore Air Force.

Although many Australians would still claim that our industry has a competitive advantage in the quality of flying training, it may yet turn out that our main competitive advantage was based on little more than our good weather, generally flat countryside and quiet, uncluttered airspace.

Of course, the majority of Australian flying schools have never had the resources, marketing skills or inclination to access the international market, and have changed little over the last thirty years or so. They remain a gaggle of small, marginally profitable schools of variable quality, offering training to whoever fronts up wishing to learn to fly. Many of these students desire only to become private pilots; some go on to earn CPLS and a smaller number continue through to instructor ratings. Some schools have had some degree of success in grouping committed, full time students together to run so called “airline pilot training courses”, but the majority of students still learn by flying once a week.

Most of these smaller schools continue to compete on a price basis, concentrating on the technical aspects of their flying training, with little or no consideration given to how they market themselves. Consequently, there is often little difference between them.

1993 was not a very good year for GA in Australia, with a number of well publicised fatal accidents occurring. A large portion of the blame has been attributed to the lack of airmanship, and therefore ultimately to the standard of flying training of the pilots involved.

More than ever the spotlight is being turned on the quality of flying training available in Australia.

One of those wielding the spotlight is Mr Steve Tizzard, a flying operations inspector with the CAA, who says that the CAA is currently reviewing the training of flight instructors, and the system of flight instructor ratings.

Tizzard is one person who believes that flying training standards are not what they used to be. One explanation for the problem he offers is that flying training is too cheap nowadays. He says that to learn to fly in a Tiger Moth in the early ‘fifties cost around two pounds ten per hour. That may sound cheap, until he points out that the average weekly wage at the time was about two pounds five! Rather than doing flying training painstakingly and thoroughly, Tizzard says that nowadays many flying schools are being driven by the need to cut costs (and corners) in order to remain in business, and consequently the quality of flying training is suffering.

Meanwhile, their aircraft become older, flying school facilities become more dilapidated, and sharp operators continue to search for ways to shave margins in order to stay in business a little longer. In Tizzard’s words, “there are far too many cons, spivs, crooks and snake oil salesmen eking out a meagre living at the cost of trainee pilots. ” In earlier times the syllabus had far more onerous minimum granted to someone who perhaps wasn’t ready for it was considerably less.

Nowadays we are seeing advertisements promising licences for a fixed price, often based on the minimum hours requirement when there is no way it can be known in advance how many hours any given student will take to complete a course. Another form of advertisement we are seeing goes as follows: “Young men and women seeking to enter the aviation industry as pilots are invited to apply for entry into a University degree style pilot’s course. ” Applicants are told that if successful, they may be “selected” to commence pilot training, with the idea that they will eventually “graduate” as an airline pilot.

Unfortunately, in some cases this elaborate “selection process” is not as rigorous as it might appear, and in reality some schools will take the money from almost anyone who can pay for the training. Although it is possible to do a full time course which will result in a CPL, perhaps with ATPL subjects and even a university degree, this is a long way from actually getting an airline job. Such advertisements, and courses of this type which they publicise, may unfairly raise expectations that their “graduates” will be ahead of the pack in the job stakes, but this is not borne out by the evidence.

To illustrate the point, look at the educational qualifications required by Australia’s regional airlines: Aeropelican- Year 11, although preferably Year 12; Eastern Australia none; Flight West – none; Hazelton – none; Kendell – none; Oxley – none; Southern Australia – none; Sunstate – none; Skywest – none.

In view of this, it is difficult to spot which of these airlines is going to prefer someone with a Bachelor or Diploma in Aviation and 150 hours’ total flight time over someone who has nondescript educational qualifications but has perhaps 2000 hour total and 1000 hours twin IED time is flying experience that counts. Naturally it helps if you can demonstrate some level of basic intelligence, but that’s a long way from getting a degree.

Faced with the different pilot training options on offer, not to mention a large number of flying schools (many of which appear much the same, at least at first glance), a few pointers to aspiring pilots are in order:

Some Advice to Aspiring Pilots: What to Look Out For

The important message for students is to choose your school carefully.

Don’t choose the cheapest one, or you will pay the penalty later. (In fact, you may find yourself paying the penalty very quickly. Your training will take longer than it should if your instructor either isn’t interested in ensuring you get maximum value out of each hour in the air, or perhaps has other motives like maximising his/her hours, or income. ) Choose a reputable school, which offers superior training, competent instructors and good facilities and you will reap the rewards in the longer term.

How can the novice figure out what is a good school and what is not? Some ways to do it are: 1. Talk to as many people as possible about where to train. (A word of caution here: things change. What may have been the best school a few years ago may no longer be today. Try to get up to date information).

2. Go and have a look at some schools, talk to instructors, and make some comparisons. Although you won’t be able to make a direct assessment of their technical proficiency, the general manner in which they present and conduct themselves is a surprisingly reliable indicator. For instance, does the school look neat and tidy (ie; disciplined) or is it a chaotic mess with people running about in panic mode.

3. Avoid low-low prices or promises of fixed price training courses.

4. Read last year’s Flying Training Directory analysis in the March 1993 edition of Australian Aviation, which covered this subject in more detail.

Prospects for Pilots

We still see the occasional irresponsible article or advertisement which suggests that any minute now there is going to be a huge increase in demand for pilots.

The reality is that the continuing pressures of competition are likely to see the overall demand for pilots continue to fall, not rise. Unfortunately it will be a long time until the market grows sufficiently that any airline is going to need to hire any significant number of new pilots.

Major airlines

The only message from Qantas at the moment is “don’t even ask. ” Qantas has no intention of recruiting any pilots at all for the foreseeable future.

The merger of Australian Airlines (and its commuter subsidiaries) has so far not had any impact at all on pilot numbers. Each of the former airlines had sufficient numbers of pilots to fly the aircraft it had on the routes and schedules it was flying. Putting all these aircraft and their pilots under the one banner has changed nothing as far as total numbers are concerned. At presstime the same number of aircraft and pilots were flying the same routes, to the same schedules.

However, the situation may soon change. Unfortunately, any change is almost certain to be for the worse, as far as employment opportunities are concerned. Qantas now has a new Chairman, Gary Pemberton, and a new Chief Executive, James Strong. The only public statements that either have made so far are that they will be looking closely at “utilisation of current assets” and “concentration on profitable routes. ” Exactly what that turns out to mean is not as yet clear, but probably the last thing it means is any large scale hiring of new pilots. For the moment, all plans are on hold while the new management has a fresh look at them. Mr Pemberton and Mr Strong have a tough job ahead of them to knock the airline into shape for full privatisation, and the pressure will be on to reduce costs wherever possible.

Ansett Australia, on the other hand, is continuing to recruit a trickle of new pilots and last year took on 22.

Alf Gloster, Manager of Flight Training at Ansett Australia, says that pilots are normally sourced from the company’s network of regional airlines (Kendell, Skywest and Aeropelican), then from GA and the military.

He is expecting that Ansett Australia will take on a similar number during the coming year, and this may in turn open up a few opportunities in the regional airlines from where most will come. He emphasises however, that although the overall outlook for the airline is positive, it is unlikely that they will suddenly require a large influx of pilots at any time in the foreseeable future. Any expansion into overseas routes will proceed in a very cautious and conservative manner and may initially involve primarily capacity share arrangements with existing international carriers.

One significant point is that Ansett Australia is not planning at this stage to select any more pilots on a “no experience necessary” basis for ab initio training through its Tamworth College (jointly owned with British Aerospace). Rather, it plans for the moment to continue to run the College as a separate business unit, training pilots for other airlines on a contract basis, while it continues to recruit its own pilots from its traditional sources.

Of potential employers in nearby countries, one of the brightest prospects for Australian pilots at present is Singapore Airlines, which has been very active in recruiting Australian pilots during the past year. Applicants have been told that the airline may have a requirement for up to 1000 pilots over the next decade. During 1994 they will be looking for 90 pilots to be recruited from Australia, Singapore and Malaysia, with no minimum number to come from this country.

Although some of their new recruits have been somewhat older, most of their successful applicants seem to be aged around 23, with 2000-3000 hours, an instructor rating and ATPL subjects. However, it appears that no women need apply which is a little sad in the modern era.

Regional airlines

Hazelton Airlines’ Chief Pilot, Peter Hazelton reports that towards the end of 1993 they hired five new pilots-three due to expansion of the airline and two for replacement of pilots who moved on to bigger and better things (one went to Ansett and another to a South East Asian airline). This has brought them up to their full complement of 65 pilots and there are no plans to recruit any more at this stage. Although the airline is being floated on the stock exchange, this does not herald the beginning of any expansion phase which will lead to a requirement for large numbers of additional pilots – it is purely a refinancing measure.

Of course, any pilots who leave during the year will need to be replaced so it is likely that a very small number of suitably experienced GA pilots will join Hazelton during the coming year.

The story is the same at Eastern Australia Airlines (now Qantas owned) whose Chief Pilot, Stuart Boyd, says that the airline has no recruitment plans for the near future. They did take on an additional nine pilots last year who were required for the new Dash 8, but there are no further acquisitions planned which will require further pilot staff increases. In common with Hazelton (or any other airline, for that matter) if more than one or two pilots leave during the year they will need to be replaced, but there are very few either entering or leaving the commuter airlines at present.

General Aviation

As well as flight instructing, there are the other usual GA jobs: bank runs, night freight, charter, etc. But these are very difficult to get into. Entry requirements are nowadays pretty high – at least 1000 hours twin time – and very few people move either into or out of these jobs.

Helicopters

There have been no noteworthy developments in this sec- tor during the past year, and prospects for helicopter pilots have not improved.

They may indeed be worse since there are now more qualified pilots, but no more jobs. However, despite this overall gloomy situation, the occasional opportunity does appear for pilots with specific skills not necessarily related to their flying qualifications. For instance, during the year a Sydney based tourist helicopter service placed an advertisement for a helicopter pilot in The Australian (on a Wednesday not in the usual Friday Aviation section). The one special requirement was that “fluency in Japanese and English is essential. ” There were no responses, but it shows that there can still be opportunities for the right people-those with language skills, a high standard of personal presentation and general people skills. The fact that the person can fly the aircraft is only one prerequisite for this sector of the industry.

Unlike their fixed wing counterparts, helicopter pilots who work in the tourist industry can’t expect to sit by themselves, up the front of the aircraft with their headphones on, minding their own business. They have to look after their passengers. This may include picking up the passengers from the hotel, taking them to the airport, flying the aircraft, and taking them sightseeing at their destination.

Conclusion

From our brief survey, it appears that prospects for pilots have improved during the past year.

The industry is no longer in reverse, and indeed it is doing slightly better than standing still. There is at least a small trickle of pilots who are getting jobs with the regionals, the domestic/internationals and overseas airlines. But competition is fierce and barriers to entry are high. It is likely that the market will continue to improve, but only at a very gradual rate. For the foreseeable future, there are likely to be hun- dreds of pilots chasing every job which comes along.

The most important consideration for any aspiring pilot in this highly competitive environment will be to maximise the chances of success.

In the longer term this means building hours and experience. The first step is to secure the foundations of a long and successful flying career by choosing a good school which superior standard of flight training.

Directory of Australian Flying Training Schools

Ad-Astral Aviation, PO Box 100, Belmont 6104
Advanced Aviation Training, Site 22, Adina St, Coolangatta 4225
Advanced Flight Theory, PO Box 933, Nambour 4560.
Tel/Fax: (074) 46 8095
Aero Club of Southern Tasmania, GPO Box 42, Hobart 7001
Aero Int College P/1, 621 Airport Ave, Bankstown Airport 2200
Aerobatic Training Centre, Terminal Bldg, Essendon Airport 3041
Aerospace Avn P/1, cnr Marion & Birch St, Bankstown Airport 2200.
Aerostar Aviation, PO Box 24, Golden Beach 4551.
Air Australia Int’!, 37 Eagle Drive, Jandakot Airport 6164
Air Goolwa, PO Box 375, Goolwa 5214
Air Training Centre P/1, Terminal Bldg, Archerfield Airport 4108
Air Explorer, 324 Kaolin St, Broken Hill 2880
Air Pioneer, PO Box 5494, Mackay Mail Centre 4740
Air Facilities, PO Box 675, Albury 2640
Air Meeleebee, PO Box 385, Roma 4455
Air Centre Albury, PO Box 521, Albury 2640
AirCare P/1, 19 Dakota Dr, Parafield Airport 5106
Airport Flying School, Canberra Airport 2609
Airtex Aviation Academy, 501 Tower Rd, Bankstown Airport
2200. Tel: (02) 792 1588, Fax: (02) 792 2927
Alice Springs Aero Club Inc, PO Box 508, Alice Springs 0871
Amity Aviation P/1, 9A Eagle Drive, Jandakot Airport 6164
Arnhem Air Charter P/1, PO Box 39431, Winnellie 0821
Atlas Aviation, 431 Avro St, Bankstown Airport 2200
Australian Flying Academy, PO Box 805, Coffs Harbour 2450.
Tel: (066) 51 2523, Fax: (066) 51 2085
Aust GeneralAvn Flying School, Terminal Bldg, Essendon A’port 3041
Australian Civil Aviation Academy, PO Box 207, Cessnock 2325
Australian Aviation College, PO Box 532, Salisbury 5108
Australian Flyers P/1, 12 Murra Crt, Kiewa 3691
Australian Flying Training School, PO Box 143, Yagoona 2199.
Tel: (02) 791 9042, Fax: (02) 791 0125
Aviation Education Centre, cl- PO, Torquay 4655
Aviation Academy of Aust, l lA Eagle Dr, Jandakot Airport 6164
Aviation Training School, PO Box 918, Mildura 3500
Aviation Training and Transport, PO Box 786, Mackay 4740
Avondale College Flying School, PO Box 19, Cooranbong 2265
Avwest Aviation P/1, 4 Baron Way, Jandakot Airport 6164
Axis Aviation P/1, Hangar 650, Bankstown Airport 2200.
Ayr Flying Services P/1, PO Box 794, Ayr 4807
Bairnsdale Flying School, PO Box 291, Bairnsdale 3875
Ballarat Aero Club, RMB 103A, Ballarat 3352
Ballina Flying School, PO Box 300, Casino 2470
Balloon Aloft P/1, PO Box 122, Canowindra 2804
Balloon Adventures P/1, PO Box 375, Norfolk Island 2748
Balloon Academy P/1, Bagshaw Rd, Kersbrook_5231
Balloon Sunrise P/1, 39 Smith St, Richmond 3121
Basair, 606 Airport Ave, Bankstown Airport 2200
Bendigo Aviation Services P/1, PO Box 201, Golden Square 3555
Bluewater Aviation P/1, PO Box 522, Garbutt 4814
Bruce Hartwig Flying School, Hangar 59, Parafield Aerodrome
5106. Tel: (08) 258 4244, Fax: (08) 281 8646
Bunbury Aero Club Inc, PO Box 120, Bunbury 6230
Bundy Air Charter & Flying School, PO Box 2020, Bundaberg 4670
Cairns Aviation Training School, PO Box 59, Freshwater 4870
Camden Aviation, Hangar 55, Camden Aerodrome 2570
Camden Aero Club, Camden Aerodrome 2570
Cameron’s Balloons, 72 Lime Ave Mildura 3500
Campbell-Hicks Airways, PO Box 40, Southland Centre 3192
Canberra Aero Club, PO Box 518 Fyshwick 2609
Cape York Air Services, PMB 13,’cairns Mail Centre 4871
Central Flying Services, PO Box 336 Mentone 3194
Central Highlands Air Transport, PO Box 172 Emerald 4720
Challenge Aviation Academy, PO Box 224, cdolangatta 4225
Champagne Balloon Flights, PO Box 12 West End 4101
Chieftain Aviation P/1, Hangar 276 Airport 2200
Civil Flying School, PO Box 210, Cheltenham 3192
Clamback & Hennessy P/1, 1 Tower Road, Bankstown Airport 2200
Coffs Harbour Aero Club, PO Box 305 Coffs Harbour 2450
Coldstream Flying School, PO Box 54′. Coldstream 3770
Combined Flight Training (Vic) P/1, Cnr First Ave & Second St
Moorabbin Airport 3194 ‘
Condobolin Aero Club, 126 Bathurst St, Condobolin 2877
Correll Advanced Flying Training, PO Box 234 Cheltenham 3192
Country Connection Airlines, PO Box 171 Codtamundra 2590
Country Capital Flight Centre, PO Box 630 Armidale 2350
Curtis Aviation P/1, Hangar 56, Camden Aerodrome Camden 2570
Darling Downs Aero Club, Aerodrome, Carroll St Toowoomba 4350
Darwin Aero Club, PO Box 39252, Winnellie 0821.
Tel: (089) 45 3766, Fax: (089) 45 3935
Derwent Aviation Services, PO Box 839 Goulburn 2580
Downs Flight Centre, MIS 28 Warner St Warwick 4370
Duncombe Aviation Academy, Hangar 2’6 Kittyhawk Lane
Parafield Airport 5106
Eastern Pacific Airlines, 592 Wickham St, Fortitude Valley 4006
Escadrille Aviation Academy, PO Box 209 Cessnock 2325
Essendon Flying School, Bldg 16, Cnr Nor:iad & English Sts
Essendon Airport 3041 ‘
Fairbairn Air Charter Trng Sch, Canberra Airport Fyshwick 2609
Flight Training Australia, PO Box 523, Archerfieltl 4108
Flite Line Aviation, 660 Tower Rd, Bankstown Airport 2200.
Fogarty’s Aviation Academy, Sunshine Coast Airport MSI-1102
Mudjimba Beach 4564. ‘ ‘
G W Campbell Flying School, PO Box 272 Mudgee 2850
Galaxy Flying School, PO Box 19, Essendon 3040
Gambi Air Flying School, PO Box 2573, Mt Gambier 5290
Gardiner Aviation P/1, PO Box 369, Camden 2570
Gawne Aviation, PO Box 486, Shepparton 3630
General Flying Services, PO Box 40, Southland Centre 3192
Gil Layt’s Flying School, Building 219, Archerfield Aerodrome 4108
Gilgandra Aero Club, PO Box 13, Gilgandra 2827
Gold Coast Aviation Centre, Building 2, Coolangatta Airport 4225
Gove Flying Club, PO Box 615, Nhulunbuy 0881
Griffith Aero Club, PO Box 1447, Griffith 2680
Groupair P/1, PO Box ll8, Berwick 3806
Harewood Air Charter, PO Box 94, Tooradin 3980
Hempel’s Aviation P/1, Building 45, Archerfield Aerodrome 4108
Hinchinbrook Air Services, PO Box 700, Innisfail 4860
Roxton Park Aero Centre, Roxton Park Aerodrome 2171
Hunter-Air P/1, PO Box 143, Cessnock 2325
lllawarra Flying Sch, Hangar 276, Sopwith Pl, Bankstown A’port 2200
Imperial Aviation, 502 Desouter St, Bankstown Airport 2200
Jandakot Flying College, PO Box 263, Willetton 6155
John H Williams Aviation, l l6 Jerilderie St, Tocumwal 2714
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Aero Club, PO Box 2146, Boulder 6432
Kaputar Aviation, PO Box 348, Narrabri 2390
Karratha Flying Services, 30A Lady Douglas Way, Karratha 6714
Kempsey Pilot Training, Kempsey Aerodrome, Aldavilla via
Kempsey 2440
Kimberlay Coast Airways, PO Box 1025, Broome 6725
Kingsford Smith Air Tours, 1/26 Cambridge St, Carina Heights 415
Kingsford Smith Aviation Services, Gypsy St, Bankstown Airport
2200. Tel: (02) 791 0033, Fax: (02) 791 0125
Kyneton Aero Club, PO Box ll7, Kyneton 3444
Latrobe Valley Aero Club, PO Box 200, Morwell 3840
Launceston Flying School, PO Box 11, Evandale 7212
Lilydale Flying School, PO Box 525, Lilydale 3140
Liverpool Flying School, PO Box 4, Hoxton Park 2171
Logan Air Services, 624 Desouter Rd, Bankstown Airport 2200.
Low Level Aviation, 20 Torrens St, Gilberton 5081
Mahon Aviation, Torquay Road, Mt Duneed 3216
Mangalore Int Academy of Avn, Mangalore Airport, Mangalore 3663
Manning River Aero Club, PO Box 316, Taree 2430
Masterflight, Hangar 50B, Parafield Airport 5106
Mciver Aviation, Hoxton Park Aerodrome 2171
Melbourne Institute of Aviation, PO Box 183, Niddrie 3042
Melton Flying School, PO Box 41, Niddrie 3042
Merimbula Air Services, PO Box 66, Pambula Beach 2549
Mid Murray Flying Club, PO Box 260, Swan Hill 3585
Missionary Aviation Fellowship, PO Box 211, Box Hill 3128
Monarch Air Services, 468 Avro St, Bankstown Airport 2200
Mooney Aviation, PO Box 1174, Moree 2400
Moorabbin Avn Academy, Northern Ave, Moorabbin Airport 3194
Murwillumbah Aero Club, PO Box 254, Murwillumbah 2484
Narromine Aviation, PO Box 162, Narromine 2821
Navair, Northern Ave, Moorabbin Airport 3194
Navair Int’! Flying College, 487 Avro St, Bankstown Airport 2200.
New England Air Training & Charter, PO Box 596, Inverell 2360
Noel Bellamy Aviation, PO Box 361, Archerfield 4108
North Qld Aero Club, Airport, Aeroglen, Cairns 4870
North Westenair Charter, PO Box 1388, Mt Isa 4825
Northern Rivers Aero Club, PO Box 113, Lismore 2480
Northern Flight Training, PO Box 7531, Cairns 4870
NSW Police Aero Club, PO Box 43, Hoxton Park 2171
O’Connor’s Air Services, PO Box 21, Mount Gambier 5290
OD & D Aviation, PO Box 705, Wakerie 5330
Orange Aviation, PO Box 505, Orange 2800
Oxley Airlines Ltd, PO Box 741, Port Macquarie 2444
Oz Flight Int’!, Hangar 12, Northern Ave, Moorabbin Airport 3194
Par Avion, PO Box 324, Rosny Park 7018
Parafield Flight Ctre, Lot 65 Kittyhawk Lane, Parafield A’port 5106
Parkes Flying School, PO Box 327, Parkes 2870
Pay’s Air Service, PO Box 158, Scone 2337
Pearson Aviation, 4 Brougham St, Mt Macedon 3441
Penfield Flying School, Bldg 46, Vaughan St, Essendon Airport 3041
Peninsula Aero Club, Stuart Rd, Tyabb 3913
Peter Bini Advanced Flight Training, PO Box 210, Cheltenham 3192
Phillip Island Air Services, 170 Thompson Ave, Cowes 3922
Phoenix Air Training Services, PO Box 41, Palm Beach 4221
Piccolo Aviation, PO Box 360, Gladstone 4680
Point Cook Flying Club, 15 Mossfiel Dr, Hoppers Crossing 3025
Polar Aviation, 5 Parker St, South Hedland 6722
Port Lincoln Flying Club, PO Box 605, Port Lincoln 5606
Port Macquarie Flying School, PO Box 799, Port Macquarie 2444
Precision Flight Simulators, 62 Airport Ave, Bankstown Airport
2200. Tel: (02) 791 0338, Fax: (02) 791 0125
Proflite Australia, Hangar 480 Miles St, Bankstown Airport 2200
Qld Air Training Corp, PO Box 647, Archerfield 4108
RAAF Wagga Flying Club, RAAF Base, Wagga 2651
RAAF Pearce Flying Club, cl- 39 Seagull Way, Wangebup 6164
RAAF East Sale Flying Club, PO Box 10 RAAF Base, East Sale 3852
Range West Aviation, PO Box 345, Wagin 6315
Redcliffe Aero Club, PO Box 158, Redcliffe 4020
Reg’s Flying School, 6 Heffernan Rd, Alexandra Hills 4161
Rockhampton Aero Club, PO Wandal, Rockhampton 4700
Rossair Flying Centre, PO Box 1070, Salisbury 5108.
Royal Aero Club of WA, 41 Eagle Dr, Jandakot Airport 6164
Royal Victorian Aero Club, Moorabbin Airport 3194
Royal Qld Aero Club, PO Box 41, Archerfield 4108
Royal Newcastle Aero Club, PO Box 136, Maitland 2320
SA Squadron Air Training Corps. PO Box 2000 Salisbury 5108
Saint Air, PO Box 174, St Arnaud 3478
Schofields Flying Club, PO Box 46 Riverstone 2765
Schutt Flying Academy, PO Box 446 Cheltenham 3192
Scout Association of Aust, PO Box 146 Wahroonga 2076
Sharp Aviation, PO Box 710, Hamilton’3300
Shine Aviation Services, cl- PO Moonyoonooka 6532
Skybird Flight Centre, 56 Vaughan Dr, Ormeau 4208
Skyflyte, 135 Boomerang Dr, Kooralbyn Valley 4285
Skygold Aviation, PO Box 7002, Garbutt 4814
Skytech International Flying School, PO Box 111, Urangan
4655. Tel: (071) 25 5544, Fax: (071) 25 5577
Skyways of Benalla, PO Box 297, Benalla 3672
Slingair/Heliwork WA, PO Box 612, Kununurra 6743
South Barwon Air Services, Barwon Airfield RMB 1600, Ocean
Grove 3226
South West Aviators, PO Box 709, Warnambool 3280
South West Qld Aero Club, PO Box 397 Charleville 4470
South Coast Air Centre, PO Box 734, Willunga 5172
Southern Skies Aviation, Bldg 15, Archerfield Aerodrome 4108
Star Air Charter, 73 Gilmour St, Kelso 2795
Stickland Skyways, PO Box 1633, Coffs Harbour 2450
Stillwell Civil Flying School, PO Box 210, Cheltenham 3192
Sultan Balloon Fleet, PO Box 100, Northam 6401
Suncoast Flying Services P/1, PO Box 437, Maroochydore 4558.
Tel: (074) 48 7330, Fax: (074) 48 8386
Sunland Aviation Service, Bldg 112 Aerodrome, Archerfield 4108
Sunshine Coast Air Charter, PO Box 377, Caloundra 4551.
Sydney Aerobatic School, Hangar 604, Miles St, Bankstown
Airport 2200. Tel: (02) 791 0044, Fax: (02) 791 0307
Sydney Airways P/1, Tower Road, Bankstown Airport 2200
Tamair Charter and Flying School, PO Box 28, Westdale 2340.
Tel: (067) 61 5000, Fax: (067) 67 7070
Tarago Valley School of Aviation, 128 Jubilee St, Windsor 3181
Tasmanian Aviation Centre, PO Box 63, Evandale 7212
Townsville Aero Club, PO Box 240, Garbutt 4814
Tropic Air Services, PO Box 26, Carnarvon 6701
Troy Aviation, Bldg 31, Second Avenue, Moorabbin Airport 3194
Tumut Aero Club, PO Box 112, Tumut 2720
TVSA Pilot Training, Moorabbin Airport 3194
University of South Australia, Levels Campus, The Levels 5095
Vee H Aviation, PO Box 565, Canberra 2601
Wallan Flying School, ‘Tylden Ridge’, Tantaraboo 3764
Wangaratta Aero Club, PO Box 162, Wangaratta 3677
Warnervale Air P/1, Aerodrome, Jack Grant Ave, Warnervale 2259
West Wing Aviation, 90 Laurel Oak Dr, Algester 4115
Western Air Training Centre, 76 Amaroo St, Wagga 2650.
Western Aviation P/1, PO Box 41, Wynyard 7325
Whitworth Aviation, Tower Road, Bankstown Airport 2200
Wimmera Aero Club, 7 Dryden St, Hamilton 3300
Wollongong Flight Trng Ctr, Hangar 1, Aerodrome, Albion Pk 2527
Woorayl Air Services, PO Box 310, Leongatha 3953
DIRECTORY OF HELICOPTER TRAINING SCHOOLS
Advanced Flight Theory, PO Box 933, Nambour 4560.
Tel/Fax: (074) 46 8095
Aerostar Aviation, PO Box 24, Golden Beach 4551.
Airtex Aviation Academy, 501 Tower Rd, Bankstown Airport
2200. Tel: (02) 792 1588, Fax: (02) 792 2927
Australian Helicopter Flying School, PO Box 1413, Mareeba
4880. Tel: (070) 92 4845, Fax: (070) 92 4137
Bankstown Helicopters, Marion St, Bankstown Airport 2200.
Tel: (02) 791 0500, Fax: (02) 790 5416
Blue Tongue Helicopter Services, ‘Fairview’ Old Coachway MS 1197,
North Arm 4561
Chopperline, Freepost 15, Pathfinder Dr, Caloundra 4551.
Tel toll free: (008) 072 118
City & Country Helicopters P/1, PO Box 351, Caloundra 4551
Clark Helicopters’ P/1, 7 Dakota Drive, Parafield Airport 5106
Cosmopolitan Helicopters, Conrad Rd, Longwood 5153
Fogarty’s Aviation Acdy, MSI-1102 Airport, Mudjimba Beach 4564.
Golden West Helicopters, PO Box 1060, Kununurra 6743
Great Northern Helicopters, 9A Eagle Drive, Jandakot Airport 6155
Heliflite Helicopter Training School, Caloundra Airport 4551
Heli Spray (Tasmania) P/1, 121 Main St, Sheffield 7306
Heli-Aust P/1, Hangar 271, Bankstown Airport 2200
Helicopter Charter P/1, PO Box 138, Hamilton Central 4007
Helicopter Operators, PO Box 2168, Mt Isa 4825
Helicopters Brisbane P/1, Hangar 224 Beatty Rd, Archerfield
Aerodrome 4108
Helicoptours P/1, Building 29, Coolangatta Airport 4218
Helicruise Air Services, 2nd Fl, 490 Hunter St, Newcastle 2300
Heli-Muster Flying School, Hangar 610, Bankstown Airport 2200
Heliscene, PO Box 120, Coffs Harbour 2450
Heliwork (WA) P/1, PO Box 165, Kununurra 6743
Highland Helicopters, PO Box 848, Fyshwick 2609
Hummingbird Helicopters, 19 Stuart Rd, Tyabb 3913
Jandakot Helicopters, PO Box 263, Belmont 6104
Jayrow Helicopters, PO Box 46, Mentone 3194
Jeff McTaggart Helicopters, PO Box 1174, Surfers Paradise 4217
Kosciusko Helicopters, PO Box 925, Cooma 2630
Mareeba Helicopter Flying School, PO Box 1413, Mareeba
4880. Tel: (070) 924 845, Fax: (070) 924 137
Mytec Helicopters, 20 Anderson St, Reefton 7853 New Zealand.
Tel/Fax: 64 3 7328 327
Paradise Helicopters, PO Box 1008, Coolangatta 4225
Peter Doyle Helicopters, 24 Turner Dr, Caloundra 4551
Professional Helicopter Serv, Bundoora Pde Moorabbin A’port 3194.
Range Helicopter Services, Forest Range 5139
RC Helicopter Services, Mangalore Airport, Mangalore 3663
Rotorway Australia, PO Box 179, Wickham 2293
Rotor Action, Hangar 103, Lionel St, Essendon Airport 3041.
Tel: (03) 379 6365
Skytech International Flying School, PO Box 111, Urangan
4655. Tel: (071) 25 5544, Fax: (071) 25 5577
Slingair/Heliwork WA, PO Box 612, Kununurra 6743
Sydney Helicopter School, PO Box 689, Mascot 2020.
Tel: (02) 669 6544, Fax: (02) 317 5835
Terry Black Helicopters, PO Box 1386, Mareeba 4880
The Helicopter Pilot College, Mangalore Airport, Mangalore
3663. Tel: (057) 96 2373, Fax: (057) 96 2449
The Helicopter Pilot College, 540 Surf Coast Hwy,
Mt Duneed 3216. Tel: (052) 64 1107, Fax: (052) 64 1108
Townsends Helicopter Training School, PO Box 203, Camden
2570. Tel: (02) 607 8300, Fax: (02) 608 1062
Victorian Helicopter Services, Hangar 103, Essendon Airport 3041
FIJGHT TRAINING THEORY SPECIALISTS
Airline Ground Schools, 240 Grote St, Adelaide 5000
Australian College ofAvn, Northern Ave, MoorabbinAirport 3194
Australian International Flying College, PO Box 263 Willetton 6155
Aviation Theory Centre, 131 Nelson Pl, Williamst:»wn 3016.
Tel: (03) 397 2011, Fax: (03) 397 1675
Broadmeadows College of TAFE, Pearcedale Parade, Broadmeadows 3047. Tel: (03) 279 2222, Fax: (03) 309 5163
Coverdale Avn Theory, 621 Airport Ave, Bankstown Airport 2200
Elizabeth College ofTAFE, Parafield Campus, Kings Rd Parafield
Airport 5106
Qld Aerospace Training College, Box 5527, Rockhampton MC 4702
Royal Melb Institute of Tech, GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne 3001
School ofAviation Massey University, Private Bag 11-222,
Palmerston North, New Zealand. Tel: 64 6 355 2820,
Fax: 64 6 356 8806

Swinburne University of Technology, John St, Hawthorn 3122 Sydney Institute of Technology, Level 7, Bldg W, Broadway 2007 Victorian College of Ag/Horticulture, RMB 3000, Horsham 3401

For more information on theflying training establishments listed in bold, refer to the various companies’ advertisements througlwut this issue.