1996 Annual Flying Training Directory

When the recession hit Australia in the early 1990s, some of the larger, better organised or more enterprising schools were able to offset its impact by training foreign students. Such training was conducted either under contract to foreign airlines, or for self funded students from overseas who intended to apply to airlines in their home countries after completing training at their own expense in Australia. Unfortunately this flow of revenue is now also reducing to a trickle as foreign airlines find that they have all the pilots they need for the next few years, or as they establish their own, home based training programmes.

All in all, the phrase most often used to describe the state of the industry at present is: “pretty quiet.”

As the light at the end of the tunnel appears to have been switched off until further notice, the industry sinks back into the grim reality which has characterised its competitive environment for many years: too many suppliers chasing too little business, competing away each others’ meagre profits. Businesses which are not earning sufficient return on their assets and should be exiting the industry just hang in there long after all rational argument would suggest that they should get out. Either that, or they sell out to the next sucker who doesn’t know any better, and is getting into the industry for all the wrong, emotional reasons. This can be seen happening by observing the continuous stream of new owners, name changes, reorganisations, and other rearrangements of deckchairs that go on around the country’s airfields.

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In strategic terms, the industry has very low barriers to entry, no real economies of scale, generally little or no product differentiation, low capital requirements for new entrants, and negligible switching costs for customers who wish to change schools. It is characterised by overcapacity and high fixed costs: the two prime ingredients for any price war. Unfortunately, given the irrational behaviour of many of the players, the price war is perpetual; winners are few, and there is no resolution in sight.

Its area of considerable focus for airlines in the future will be the real opportunities for carriers such as Qantas and Ansett to run services out of their domestic network to countries like Indonesia. The trans Tasman market must also be opened up as an extension of the Australian domestic network, in an operational sense, and enhancing secondary city pairs.

The ATC has also been researching tourism ties with the Gulf region, seeing visitors from this region as a valuable source of inbound tourism. “The Middle East is an interesting potential source of high yield visitors. We have Emirates fighting hard to enter the market here and we already have Gulf Air, so the wherewithal to bring people from the Arab nations into this market is being put into place.”

As a result of Sydney’s increasing airport congestion, Emirates will operate services to Melbourne. Jon Hutchison does not see airport congestion as an entirely negative aspect of our tourism infrastructure, rather, he sees it as a chance of bringing tourists into new areas away from the traditional gateways. “If carriers are forced into other cities it is not a bad thing: we need to open up new gateways. Tasmania is taking very little international traffic but has immense potential for the SE Asian market where the environment in Tasmania provides a unique contrast.”

That markets need immense potential does not mean that we can translate that into tourists because we are facing some serious blockages in the accommodation infrastructure in key destinations. This means we will increasingly have to focus on higher yielding markets knowing that we can’t achieve volume to the degree of demand while we get the infrastructure in place – it is the only way we can cope with the situation.

“If we are focussing on high yielding segments and less on numbers, it may have an impact on the airlines. Qantas and Ansett, however, may have the answers in their hands to a degree, by better managing their schedules. For example, out of Japan it has been identified that the traffic flows only one way, that is to Queensland, down south and out again, but by rearranging schedules you can get two way traffic, resulting in better management of the accommodation. The second aspect is that both airlines have domestic networks that are not utilised to the degree they should be. By being more creative in the domestic and international schedule chemistry, pricing and marketing, there could be greater influence in the countries that are driving the tourists into the traditional spots rather than looking for new places. In this way we could disperse some of the pressures in the congested areas. The solution rests with the airlines.”

More points of entry and exit between Australia and Asia need to be established. In SE Asia they are beginning to take specific interest in regions of Australia and this should be an area of considerable focus for airlines in the future.

It could perhaps be argued that this state of affairs is good, at least for the customers. Indeed, since aircraft owners are not able to charge the true cost of the flying training conducted with the use of their assets (ie sufficient to allow for capital replacement on a regular basis) it is in fact the case that the owners of the aircraft which student pilots fly are effectively subsidising their flying training.

The question, however, is whether the standard of flying training which can be offered by any organisation which is constantly wearing out its equipment and running down its assets, which is shaving costs and cutting corners at every possible opportunity, is really going to be up to scratch. Can a student be confident that the school will take the time and the care required to ensure that the training offered is of sufficient depth and thoroughness that s/he will become a safe, competent pilot?

The Need for New Equipment

The only way many schools stay in business from one year to the next is by pricing their products (mainly flying training) to cover their variable and short term fixed costs, making no provision for longer term asset renewal. Hence we see that most of the aircraft parked around our GA airfields are the same ones that were there the year before, and the year before that. Very few are replaced by new aircraft, and so the average age of the GA training fleet continues to increase.

There is some hope on the horizon. Piper is back in production, and Cessna is about to start up again. At least one of the larger (and more realistically priced) flying schools at Bankstown is making a public commitment to gradual re-equipment with brand new aircraft, and this is commendable. If other schools were able to set their prices at more realistic levels which would ensure their long term future, perhaps we would see more new aircraft around the nation’s GA airfields. Perhaps then we would have a viable industry.

The major issue with these brand new, old design aircraft is whether their price tags will make them prohibitively expensive for the majority of smaller flying schools which would like to operate them, and the pilots who might wish to fly them. Will student pilots really be willing to pay the higher price for the privilege of flying these new aircraft if the alternative is an older, but well-maintained, and perfectly satisfactory (and almost identical) aircraft?

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For those schools which wish to keep their prices low, but would like to re-equip with new aircraft, there may at last be a viable alternative. The homegrown Skyfox Gazelle may be precisely the aircraft which the industry needs – a relatively cheap, yet fully functional light aircraft which meets all the requirements of a basic flight training aircraft.

The Skyfox design has been around for some years in its original tail-dragger configuration and has met with some success, with over 100 having been produced at the local production facility in Caloundra, Queensland. Since the addition of the conventional, tricycle undercarriage Gazelle, interest in the aircraft has really taken off, with over 25 Gazelles having been sold already. PR manager Vanessa Balmer reports that inquiries and orders are coming in from around the world as industry awareness and confidence in this new aircraft increases. The factory has increased staff from 25 to 35 to keep up with demand, and it is intended that production will be running at the rate of one aircraft every five days by early 1996.

The Skyfox team’s enthusiasm for their new aircraft is quite infectious. Marketing Manager Fraser Anning will be delighted to tell anyone who will listen of its positive attributes: its low operating costs; its Rotax 912 – “the most reliable engine ever built”; its 25 knot demonstrated crosswind component; and its high climb rate and viable airspeed which allows a student to get around more circuits in an hour than they could achieve in a bigger, heavier Cessna 152 or Piper Tomahawk.

Beyond the basic training level, there is currently no sign of significant new aircraft types becoming available. One area which does continue to develop steadily is the use of simulators (or, more correctly, “synthetic flight trainers”). A number of flying schools now offer instrument training which makes use of simulators which feature quite sophisticated computer-driven visual displays, as well as computer generated instruments panels, operated by touch-screens. Although such devices don’t usually feature movement systems, they are nevertheless very useful for conducting a significant component of flight training, and can help to substantially reduce the cost of attaining and maintaining the required skill level.

At the same time as development of cheaper and more sophisticated simulators continues, work is also underway in the USA to determine just how much training can legitimately be done in less complex devices. Together, the these two initiatives should ensure that in the future, the use of simulators will continue to become more widespread and more effective at all levels of flight training.

What Flying School?

Whatever your reason for learning to fly, you should take care in selecting a school which most closely matches your own personality and temperament. (If you don’t find any, perhaps you’re not cut out to be a pilot.)

Flying schools tend to have different personalities which often reflect the personal approach of the owner or CFI. Some style themselves as “Airline Pilot Training Schools” whereas others are aimed more clearly at the weekend, private pilot. However, many of these appearances can be deceptive, and there is nothing to say that an instructor wearing a uniform with a tie and with gold stripes on the shoulders is necessarily any better than one who doesn’t wear all the gear.

As with any expensive product, it pays to shop around. Go for a Trial Instructional Flight (TIF) with several schools and talk to them about the training before deciding. Don’t necessarily rely on word of mouth – the person doing the talking may have only ever flown with the one instructor. Have a look at the quality of the facilities and the condition of the aircraft. You don’t need to be an aeronautical engineer – just check the obvious signs – how grubby is the exterior, and how tatty is the upholstery inside?

One further complicating factor is that whatever the appearance of the aircraft or uniforms the instructors choose to wear, your training will be undertaken by an individual flying instructor. General Aviation is not the Air Force, and very few schools are sufficiently well organised or disciplined for one instructor to be substitutable for another. Generally, it is the individual person you will be forming a professional relationship with – not the school. Many schools would object to this statement, but more often than not it tends to be the reality.

This is clearly not a desirable situation. Selection of a suitable training school, and the placing of a once-in-a-lifetime bet on the skills and competence of your future instructor (usually the first person you meet as you walk through the door) should not be such a hit-and-miss affair. Fortunately, there has been some work done during the past year which has the potential to lead to a significantly higher standard of competence and reliability of the industry and its members.

Australian Flying Training Industry

During 1994 the Australian Aviation Advisory Committee (AAAC), which advises the Board of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), established a subcommittee to conduct a wide-ranging review of Australian flying training. The subcommittee held meetings, conducted forums and received a large number of written submissions from around the country. Committee Chairman Frank Young submitted the report in September 1995, and the draft recommendations (44 pages of them) were made available for information and comment.

In his introduction to the report, Frank Young reported that “many in the industry had expressed concern regarding the effect on industry standards and industry expertise retention resulting from the inadequate rates of pay provided for instructors,” and made the comment that “the structure of the training industry is such that it is largely unable to provide adequate rewards for those who choose to invest in it, or to provide a suitably rewarding career path for those who desire to work in it.”

He also made the significant observation that “many in the flying training industry do not appreciate that the CASA has no mandate to foster the industry.”

The recommendations covered a wide range of issues, including a revised structure of Air Operators Certificates for flying training (they recommended three: Basic, Advanced and Specialist), updating of pilots qualifications, ratings and licences, and changes to flying training syllabi required to attain them.

With respect to the Air Transport Licence, the subcommittee found there was a general feeling that “the qualification in its present form was inappropriate, irrelevant and lacking in meaning.” The problem with it was that there appeared to be no tangible safety benefit over the Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) qualification, and that since operators of larger aircraft had to provide training appropriate to their operations, this invariably replaced or duplicated the ATPL theory training.

The most significant and far-reaching recommendations of the review, however, related to qualifications and standards of flight instructors.

Firstly, it was recommended that the theory component of the Instructor Rating course should be of 12 to 16 weeks duration. This would include subjects such as aeromedicine and first aid (60 to 70 hours), basic management skills (30 to 35 hours, including basic profit/loss book keeping, marketing and sales techniques), and report writing (30 to 35 hours), as well as the more traditional subjects of aviation law, aircraft systems and training in the delivery of lectures and briefings to students.

Having completed the required theory and practical flight training, a pilot could then qualify as a C Grade, Junior Instructor. He/she would then need to undertake a formalised program of work experience under the direct guidance of a supervising senior instructor, with progress being recorded in a “Junior C Instructor Experience and Supervision Record Book, which would be audited by a nominated CASA Flying Operations Inspector”. A limitation of the Junior C level would be that his/her students would need to fly every fifth flight with an A or B Grade Instructor. After 200 hours of flight instruction, the instructor would be eligible for progress to C Grade Senior, at which point they could at least authorise second solo flights.

The requirements for progress to B Grade Instructor would include 1800 hours flight time and 1000 hours of flight instruction. B Grade would be the lowest grade at which an instructor could send a student for first solo, although an instructor holding this grade could also be authorised as the Chief Flying Instructor of a Basic Flying School, and be appointed as an Approved Test Officer for nonprofessional qualifications. Only after achieving 3000 hours flight time, including 2000 hours flight instruction, could eligibility be achieved for appointment as an A Grade Instructor – the minimum level for eligibility for appointment as CFI to an Advanced Flying School.

Clearly, these recommendations have the potential to substantially raise standards and consistency of flying training, although it also appears likely that the cost of flying training could increase, as well as the cost of obtaining the initial qualifications as a flight instructor. It will be interesting to observe how the CASA chooses to proceed with these recommendations, which ones it adopts, and how it goes about the task of implementation. 1996 may be an eventful year for the Australian flying training industry.

For many pilots headed for the airlines, flying bank runs and charters in piston twins such as the Aerostar is a means of building up valuable flying hours.

Conclusion

The Department of Transport, in its 1994 Air Transport Statistics publication, included some interesting comparisons with its first year of statistics – 1954. Back in that era, the main domestic airliners were DC-3s and DC-4s, with Avro Ansons operating feeder services. Qantas was flying Lockheed Constellations. Most flying training was still being conducted in Tiger Moths, although there were a few new Austers around. Tricycle undercarriage Cessnas and Pipers had not yet appeared.

Over the 40 years since, GA flying hours have increased from 144,800 to 1,705,700 – an average annual growth rate of 6.4%, although the rate of increase has only amounted to an average of 1.0% over the past decade. The number of registered GA and airline aircraft has increased from 845 to 9502 (although the Department reports that of the latter number, 568 were built in 1954 or earlier). The number of student pilots has increased from 2831 to 25,426; private pilots from 2035 to 23,616, and commercial pilots from 552 to 11,797. When this is compared to the relatively modest increase in the Australian population from around nine million to today’s 18 million, the growth in GA is really quite remarkable.

Interestingly, the cost of flying training in 1954 was around three pounds, fifteen shillings (ie $7.50) per hour, whereas now it’s somewhere around $110 or more. However, in terms of average weekly earnings, the 1954 figure represented 24%, compared to 17% today. So it’s official: it’s 30% cheaper to learn to fly today than it was 40 years ago.

One final point was that it was announced in 1954 that there would be a review and reorganisation of the Department of Civil Aviation’s head office structure. “Some things never change”, the report concludes.

Paul Couvret is a consultant with the PA Consulting Group, an international management and technology consultancy. He holds an ATPL and Grade 1 Flight Instructor Rating.

Directory of Australian Flying Training Schools

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) 48 7770, A/II (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.
AirCare P/1, 19 Dakota Dr, Parafield Airport 5106
Air Australia Int’l, 37 Eagle Drive, Jandakot Airport 6164
Air Centre Albury, PO Box 521, Albury 2640
Air Explorer, 324 Kaolin St, Broken Hill 2880
Air Facilities, PO Box 675, Albury 2640
Air Goolwa, PO Box 375, Goolwa 5214
Air Meeleebee, PO Box 385, Roma 4455
Air North East, PO Box 3014, Lismore 2480
Air Pioneer, PO Box 5494, Mackay Mail Centre 4 740
Air Sapphire, Merimbula Airport, Merimbula 2548
Air Training Centre P/1, Terminal Bldg, Archerfield Airport 4108
Airline Ground Schools, 240 Grote St, Adelaide 5000.
Tel: (08) 233 6421, Fax: (08) 231 6813, Pager (08) 378 2861
Airport Flying School, Canberra Airport 2609
Airtex Aviation Academy, 501 Tower Rd, Bankstown Airport 2200
Alice Springs Aero Club Inc, PO Box 508, Alice Springs 0871
Amity Aviation P/1, 9A Eagle Drive, Jandakot Airport 6164
Army Aviation Centre, Oakey 4401. Recruiting inquiries 13 19 01
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 General Avn Flying School, Terminal Bldg, Essendon A’port 3041
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, 11A Eagle Dr, Jandakot Airport 6164
Aviation Training School, PO Box 918, Mildura 3500
Aviation Training and Transport, PO Box 786, Mackay 4740
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
Barrier Aviation P/1, PO Box 7741, Cairns 4870
Basair, 685 Comper St, Bankstown Airport 2200.
Tel: (02) 791 0089, Fax: (02) 791 0065
Bendigo Aviation Services P/1, PO Box 201, Golden Square 3555
Bluewater Aviation P/L, PO Box 522, Garbutt 4814
Bruce Hartwig Flying School, Hangar 59, Parafield Aerodrome 5106
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.
Tel: (070) 359 399, Fax: (070) 359 108
Central Flying Services, PO Box 336, Mentone 3194
Central Highlands Air Transport, PO Box 172, Emerald 4720
Challenge Aviation Academy, PO Box 224, Coolangatta 4225
Champagne Balloon Flights, PO Box 12, West End 4101
Chieftain Aviation P/1, Hangar 276, Bankstown Airport 2200
Chopperline, Freepost 15, Pathfinder Dr, Caloundra 4551.
Tel toll free: (008) 072 118
Clamback & Hennessy P/1, 1 Tower Road, Bankstown Airport 2200
Coffs Harbour & District Aero Club, PO Box 305, Coffs
Harbour 2450. Tel: (066) 52 2992, Fax: (066) 51 3630
Coldstream Flying School, PO Box 54, Coldstream 3770
Combined Flight Training (Vic) P/L, 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, Cootamundra 2590
Country Capital Flight Centre, PO Box 630, Armidale 2350
CraneAir, Cnr Marion & Drover Sts, Bankstown Airport 2200
Curtis Aviation P/L, Hangar 56, Camden Aerodrome, Camden 2570
Darling Downs Aero Club, Aerodrome, Carroll St, Toowoomba 4350
Darwin Aero Club, PO Box 39252, Winnellie 0821
Derwent Aviation Services, PO Box 839, Goulburn 2580
Downs Flight Centre, MIS 28 Warner St, Warwick 4370
Duncombe Aviation Academy, Hangar 26, 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 Nomad & English Sts,
Essendon Airport 3041
Fairbairn Air Charter Trng Sch, Canberra Airport, Fyshwick 2609
Flight Training Australia, PO Box 523, Archerfield 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 118, Beiwick 3806
Harewood Air Charter, PO Box 94, Tooradin 3980
Hempel’s Aviation P/L, 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
Illawarra Flying Sch, Hangar 276, Sopwith Pl, Bankstown A’port 2200
Imperial Aviation Flt Ctr, 502 Desouter St, Bankstown Airport 2200
Jandakot Flying College, PO Box 263, Willetton 6155
John H Williams Aviation, 116 Jerilderie St, Tocumwal 2714
Johnston Aviation, Kempsey Airport 2440
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
Kimberlay Coast Aiiways, PO Box 1025, Broome 6725
Kingsford Smith Air Tours, 1/26 Cambridge St, Carina Heights 4152
Kingsford Smith Avn Services, Gypsy St, Bankstown Airport 2200
Kyneton Aero Club, PO Box 117, Kyneton 3444
Latrobe Valley Aero Club, PO Box 200, Moiwell 3840
Launceston Flying School, PO Box 11, Evandale 7212
Lilydale Flying School, PO Box 525, Lilydale 3140
Liverpool Flying School, PO Box 4, Roxton Park 2171
Logan Air Services, 624 Desouter Rd, Bankstown Airport 2200.
Low Level Aviation, 20 Torrens St, Gilberton 5081
Macquarie Grove Aviation, PO Box 284, Camden 2570
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
Massey University School of Aviation, Private Bag 11-222,
Palmerston North,New Zealand. Tel: 64*6 350 3201,
Fax: 64*6 350 3200
Masterflight, Hangar 50B, Parafield Airport 5106
Mciver Aviation, Roxton Park Aerodrome 2171
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
Muiwillumbah Aero Club, PO Box 254, Muiwillumbah 248
Mudgee Aviation Services, PO Box 1028, Mudgee 2850
Narromine Aviation, PO Box 162, Narromine 2821
Navair, Northern Ave, Moorabbin Airport 3194
Navair Int’l Flying College, Vega Cres, 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, Roxton 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 lnt’l, 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, Essendon Airport, Essendon 3041
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
Phoenix Aviation, 1 Robinson Way, Jandakot Airport 6164
Phoenix Aero Club, Roxton Park Aerodrome, Roxton Park 2171
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
Proflite Australia, Hangar 482, Airport Ave, Bankstown Airport 2200
Qld Air Training Corp, PO Box 647, Archerfield 4108
RAAF Wagga Flying Club, RAAF Base, Wagga 2651
RAAF Pearce Flying Club, c/- 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 26, Kipparing 4021
Reg’s Flying School, 6 Heffernan Rd, Alexandra Hills 4161
Rockhampton Aero Club, PO Wanda!, 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.
Tel: (07) 3277 5300, Fax: (07) 3277 6503
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
Secombe Aviation, 3 Mujar Pl, Winmalee 2777.

Tel/Fax: (047) 54 4461 or 1800 636 830
Sharp Aviation, PO Box 710, Hamilton 3300
Shine Aviation Services, c/- PO, Moonyoonooka 6532
Skybird Flight Centre, 56 Vaughan Dr, Ormeau 4208
Skyflyte, 135 Boomerang Dr, Kooralbyn Valley 4285
Skyfox Aviation, PO Box 910, Caloundra 4551
Skygold Aviation, PO Box 7002, Garbutt 4814
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

uncoast Flying Services P/1, PO Box 437, Maroochydore 4558.
Tel: (074) 487 330, Fax: (074) 488 386
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
Sydney Airways P/1, Tower Road, Bankstown Airport 2200
Tamair Charter and Flying School, PO Box 28, Westdale 2340
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, First Avenue, Moorabbin Airport 3194
Tumut Aero Club, PO Box 112, Tumut 2720
TVSA Pilot Training, Moorabbin Airport 3194
University Centre for Aviation Studies, Tower Rd, Bankstown
Airport 2200. Tel: (02) 792 1588, Fax: (02) 792 2927
Vee H Aviation, PO Box 565, Canberra 2601
WA Flying College, Jandakot Airport, Jandakot 6164
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
Western Sydney Aviation Trng, Tower Rd, Bankstown Airport 2200
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) 48 7770, A/H (074) 46 8095
Aerostar Aviation, PO Box 24, Golden Beach 4551.
Airtex Aviation Academy, 501 Tower Rd, Bankstown Airport 2200
Austcopters, PO Box 584, Archerfield 4018
Australian Helicopter Flying School, PO Box 2424, Cairns 4870
Bankstown Helicopters, Marion St, Bankstown Airport 2200.
Tel: (02) 791 0500, Fax: (02) 790 5416
Blue Tongue Helicopter Services, 55 Old Coach Way, Ninderry 4561
Chopperline, Freepost 15, Pathfrnder 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-Master Flying School, Hangar 600, 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, 10 Eagle Dr, Jandakot Airport 6164
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
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 513
RC Helicopter Services, Mangalore Airport, Mangalore 3663

Rotorway Australia, PO Box 179, Wickham 2293
Rotor Action, Hangar 103, Lionel St, Essendon Airport 3041
Slingair/Heliwork WA, PO Box 612, Kununurra 6743
Terry Black Helicopters, PO Box 1386, Mareeba 4880
The Helicopter Pilot College, Mangalore Airport, Mangalore 3663
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
UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER THEORY SPECIALISTS
Advanced Flight Theory, PO Box 933, Nambour 4560.
Tel/Fax: (074) 48 7770, A/H (074) 46 8095
Airline Attendant Training, PO Box 933, Nambour 4560.
Tel/Fax: (074) 48 777
Australian College of Aviation, PO Box 11, Cheltenham 3192.
Tel: (03) 9587 2242. Fax: (03) 9580 4629
Australian International Flying College, PO Box 263, W1lletton 6155
Aviation Theory Centre, 131 Nelson Pl, Williamstown 3016
AvFacts, PO Box 281, Bassendean 6054
Avondale College School of Aviation, PO Box 19, Cooranbong 2265
Broadmeadows College of TAFE, Pearcedale Pde, Broadmeadows 3047
Coverdale Avn Theory, 621 Airport Ave, Bankstown Airport 2200
Cranford Publications, PO Box 154, The Gap 4061.
Tel: (07) 3300 6061 or 015 641 774
Elizabeth College of TAFE, Kings Rd, Parafield Airport 5106
Massey University School of Aviation, Private Bag 11-222,
Palmerston North, New Zealand. Tel: 64*6 350 3201,
Fax: 64*6 350 3200
Melbourne Institute of Aviation, PO Box 183, Niddrie 3042
Para Institute of TAFE, Kittyhawk Lane, Parafield Airport 5106
Queensland Aerospace College, Box 5527, Rockhampton MC 4702
Royal Melb Institute of Tech, GPO Box 2476V, Melbourn 3001
Southbank Institute of Tafe, Locked Bag 3548, South Brisbane 4101
Southern Sydney Institute Padstow College, Aeroskills Trng Ctr,

Raine Rd, Padstow 2211
Swinburne University of Technology, John St, Hawthorn 3122
Sydney Institute of Technology, 831 George St, Railway Square 2007
University Centre for Aviation Studies, Tower Rd, Bankstown
Airport 2200. Tel: (02) 792 1588, Fax: (02) _ 792_ 2927
University of SA, Civil Aviation, School of Apphed Physics,
The Levels 5092
University of NSW, Department ofAviation, Sydney 2052.
Tel: (02) 385 5756, Fax: (02) 385 1072
Victorian College of Ag/Horticulture, RMB 3000, Horsham 3401
Western Australian Aviation College, 41 Eagle Drive, Jandakot
Airport 6164. Tel: (09) 414 1034, Fax: (09) 414 1434
For more information on theflying training establishments listed inbold, refer to the various companies’advertisements throughout this issue