GoFly
3 Jul, 2019
As the owner of a busy flight school I often get asked by prospective students whether it is better to learn at a controlled or non-controlled aerodrome. By ‘controlled’, we mean Class D towered aerodromes like Archerfield or Maroochydore, while ‘non-controlled’ refers to aerodromes situated in class G non-controlled aerodromes such as Caloundra or Redcliffe […]
GoFly3 Jul, 2019
I love instructing and I really love supervising a student’s navigation training. Many students start their training with the expectation that navigation training, and navigating successfully, is going to be really hard work. I think part of the reason is that when you start learning to navigate, you are bombarded with all this new information […]
GoFly3 Jul, 2019
I am the proud owner of a busy flying school. I am not a millionaire, however I do enjoy an adequate income and for the majority of the week I undertake work that I truly love as well as working with some amazing individuals. I am grateful to own a flying school however the reality […]
GoFly3 Jul, 2019
As the owner of a busy flying school, I often get complaints passed on from the local council, or sometimes directly from residents, in relation to the sound of aircraft flying near or over their house. On most occasions it is not the planes from my flight school which are causing the noise, however, when […]
GoFly3 Jul, 2019
General Aviation is dying a slow death. This is not just confined to Australia, this is a worldwide phenomenon. The reasons are many and varied. Some of the main reasons GA is dying in Australia are (but are not limited to) the following: A lack of interest from young individuals in wanting to learn to […]
GoFly3 Jul, 2019
I have been wanting to write this blog about fear for a long time. Part of the reason I have put it off is due to being incredibly busy over the last six months, and also, ironically, due to my own fear: fear of offending someone! I’m writing it not to name and shame, but […]
GoFly3 Jul, 2019
I am currently a first year student at the University of Southern Queensland studying a Bachelor of Aviation (Flight Operations). While I’ve always had an interest in aviation – after being fascinated at a young age with the work of my grandfather building aeroplane engines for Rolls-Royce – having a career as a pilot had never seemed […]
GoFly3 Jul, 2019
Before you roll your eyes and say: ‘Of course the owner of a flight school in Caloundra is going to plug his own aerodrome over the other aerodromes’, be aware that my first flight school was actually located at Caboolture Aerodrome. Later, when I was looking around to start a satellite flight school I also […]
GoFly3 Jul, 2019
Those who can and those who cannot As a business owner and Chief Flying Instructor, I have always been intrigued by why some students succeed during flight training while others give up; or why some of them go on to join airlines and fulfil their dreams while others don’t. I‘m quite obsessed with self-development and […]
GoFly3 Jul, 2019
If you have heard about the global shortage of pilots and are interested in becoming a Commercial Pilot, you are likely to have been researching flight schools and learning a lot of strange new terms. Terms such as: RPC, RPL, CPL, light sport aircraft, General Aviation aircraft, 3-axis and rotary aircraft, VET fee, HECs, Aviation […]
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