The Private Pilot

People learn to fly at quite differing rates of progress and this makes it very difficult to state training costs precisely. However, the Royal Victorian Aero Club guarantees that it will make every effort to keep your training costs to the MINIMUM POSSIBLE for the standard required.

In terms of the Regulations, the minimum number of flying hours required for the issue of a Private Pilot Licence is 40 hours. The total must include at least 10 hours of solo flying time. The actual flying time taken to reach the standard varies from pilot to pilot, and is dependent upon the aptitude and motivation of the student. There is no minimum time period in which the training must be completed.

The Flying School, a unit of the Royal Victorian Aero Club, operates 7 days per week, and the reception desk is staffed between 8:30am and 5:30pm. However, flying training is conducted outside of these hours where necessary. The administrative staff are present between 9:00am and 5:00pm Monday to Friday.

A period of 1.5 hours is allowed for each of the initial flying lessons to cater for pre and post flight briefing as well as flying time. The actual flying time for the navigation training will vary for each lesson, depending on the particular exercise to be carried out.

Initial flying training is undertaken in the Cessna 152 or Piper Warrior aircraft. The choice is yours. The Piper Warrior is used for the navigation phase of training.