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Cheers Mike.

I think I am on the FB page. Will check it out.

Hey Mike, Still not flying over here yet. As usual, everything else getting in the way. Fingers crossed though and soon. Got money burning a hole in my pocket and want to use it for flying rather than another classic bike lol. Unfortunately Murray Field is a fair bit away, but I suppose it might be worth it if I am doing 2-4 hours in a day. Ideally I would like to get a few Fridays under the belt and brush up on my skills and obviously learn the type. But from there I would love to crack out a good chunk of hours in a condensed period once any exams etc are complete. Don't like short bursts where possible, as you spend the first 10-15 mins of an hour lesson going over some of the things you never quite had the time to get comfortable with. Personally I would prefer to spend say 2-3 hours learning some key skills then have a lunch break before cementing the skills into the brain for a further hour in the afternoon type of thing. No rush in trying to get the License in a low hour time frame. Would just prefer to master the beginning of the pilot career correctly and efficiently. Kev.

Worth watching for the future. Another 100-130hp Turboprop coming to the market. They have also completed the simulated circuit testing and are fitting it into an Avid Flyer for flight testing soon. Turboprop for Ultralight 100 and 130 HP from Stuttgart Engineering - Turboprop

fantastic video. Cheers for that.

Read your trip report and what an adventure. Welcome to the site mate.

Joined the page a few days ago. Looking good.

With working away from home for years in the UK and the notorious Scottish weather never got a chance to finish things up. So now after moving to Australia with work, I have every second Friday off and am based in the office in Perth CBD more than half the year vs 9 months a year out the country. So a lot more opportunity to complete a child hood dream albeit 20 years later than expected. Ultimate goal though is to build my own aircraft being an Aero gas turbine mechanic for the past 20 years.

Cheers Gav, It is both those schools I am looking at. Jandakot is a bit easier with Bindoon being about an hour away. I didn't know about the flying limitations up at Bindoon. Ideally would like to do mid week flying to keep the weekends free for the family. So looks like Cloud Dancer is the way forward and then move onto one of the larger clubs depending on which way I want to take the license. How far are you along with the NPPL conversion.

Certainly won't rule that out. Not to fussed about training at Jandakot as previous experience has been from an international airport with a lot of traffic. Will have a look at further out though. As it would be nice to get full use of the initial hours building.

Well actually found the cloud dancer site last night. Seems very appealing with a low training cost and modern aircraft that I could see myself owning/flying in the future. Would have loved to have known. Myself and the youngest would love it.

Cheers alan. Certainly seems plenty of light aircraft in the skies in Perth. That's for sure.

Hi Ladies and Gents, Just joined what looks like a very informative and busy forum. a little previous flying experience with a P28 however, life gets in the way and my aspirations to gain a pilots license had to be put on the back burner. Always thought I would want a full PPL but in reality chances are an RPL with NAV would more than suit my needs and who knows maybe have an aircraft of my own someday. Now that I have the time and finances to do so, I am looking at getting on with it in the near future. So any experiences of training schools in or around Perth would be much appreciated. Regards Kev.