Learn to Fly
Learn to Fly
Learn to Fly
Learn to Fly
South Canterbury Aero Club Inc.
Richard Pearse Airport, Timaru
03 688 2355
Private Pilots Licence
A Private Pilots Licence is a recreational licence for personal use just like a car drivers licence. Your training will include 6 theory exams and between 60 and 70 hours of actual flying. Comprising of normal and emergency procedures, basic mountain flying techniques, and simulated instrument flying. When you meet the requirements and are competent, our instructing team will put you up for a flight test with an examiner.
If you have any further questions feel free to call our instructors and ask.
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ATTITUDE!
Whether you just want to prove to yourself you can achieve solo flight or whether your a full blown aviation nut we can help you achieve your flying goals!
Commercial Pilots Licence
A Commercial Pilots Licence (CPL) is a professional licence allowing the holder to be employed as a pilot or go onto further training such as an instructor rating.
Before commencing commercial pilot training, you must hold a Private Pilot Licence and be able to hold a Class 1 Medical. A CPL requires 200 flight hours
6 theory exams, a cross-country flight test and a licence flight test. Your training will consist of advanced techniques and manoeuvers, including mountain flying, simulated instrument flying, low flying, upset recovery, stalling and cross-country training.
When you meet the requirements and are competent, our instructing team will put you up for a flight test with an examiner.
If you have any further questions feel free to call our instructors and ask.
Updated info booklet coming soon..
Tailwheel Training
We are one of the few organisations left with a tailwheel available for hire and training for our members and students.
Our 160 hp Super Cub BNM fits the cub stereotype being legendary for its characteristics as an honest machine that is not too hard but not too easy to fly, making it the ideal machine to attain your initial tailwheel type rating on.
An initial rating in our Cub will take between 7 and 12 hours
depending on the students ability. You will be taught 3-point, wheeler and crosswind take-off and landing techniques.
For more information contact our instructors.
Aerobatic and Spin Recovery Training
We offer aerobatic training in our awesome fully aerobatic Alpha A160a trainers. Our instructors are competent in all normal aerobatic manoeuvers and even some advanced ones.
Aerobatic training consists of a ground course and dual and solo flying. You will learn loops, rolls, barrell rolls, spinning and stall turns.
Adding an aerobatic rating to your skill set will definitely make you a safer pilot in your everyday flying.
For those that don't want to complete a full rating, you can just complete Spin Recovery and Avoidance training to make you a safer pilot.
For more information contact our Instructors.
Terrain Awareness and Basic Mountain Flying
Whether you want to complete the requirement towards your Private or Commercial Licence or want to upskill your flying in weather and terrain, we can help.
Our location is ideal, with only a short transit flight of less than 15 minutes into serious terrain and we are only a 35 minute flight from Mount Cook National Park, the highest mountain in NZ.
During our training program you will learn wind awareness techniques, valley flying, positioning and turning, ridge and saddle crossings, precautionary landings in confined space, emergency simulations and route finding.
You can use your own aircraft or a club aircraft.
For more information contact our Instructors
