Category: Training

Cobham recruits first female cadet pilot
Headlines

Cobham Aviation Services Australia has recruited its first female cadet pilot for its latest intake to provide crews for its Coastwatch surveillance operation for the Australian Border Force.

New pilot pipeline strengthened with training facility launch
Headlines

Qantas Group’s new pilot academy at Toowoomba’s Wellcamp Airport (WTB) has been officially launched today. With the capacity to train up to 250 pilots each year, Qantas hopes The Pilot Academy will build a long-term talent pipeline for the airline and its subsidiaries Jetstar and QantasLink plus the wider industry. This content is available exclusively

RAAF concludes US-based F-35 training
Defence

Preparing the next generation of Australian pilots and maintainers to operate the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) will now be undertaken on home soil, with the final Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) training mission now completed at Luke Air Force base.

From the archives: 2FTS: Seeking the heights of pilot training
Aviator

This story from the Australian Aviation archives comes from December 2008, when Ellis Taylor wrote about 2FTS at Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Pearce in Western Australia.

Head in the clouds, feet on the ground: a look at the flight simulator
Aviator

This story by Owen Zupp from the August 2019 edition of Australian Aviation looks at the role and purpose of the flight simulator in pilot training.

AA Podcast: Aviation Australia Expo Episode 1
Headlines

Boasting one of the best aviation training centres in the state, we take a closer look at the people and power behind Aviation Australia at their Brisbane Expo.

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