Flying over Melbourne City at night

I passed my Night VFR checkride back in September 2015 but since then I haven’t exercised the privileges of the rating for my own private flights. So last night I hired a Piper Warrior through the Royal Victorian Aero Club, did a few refresher circuits with one of their instructors to shake off any rust, then took off and […]

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[VIDEO] Melbourne City Orbit and Overflying Avalon – first solo Melbourne flight

After moving to Melbourne a couple of months ago and doing a couple of practise flights with an instructor to get familiar with the airspace, the time had come (and more importantly the rain had gone) for me to take my first solo flight around Melbourne. The weather has been pretty lousy recently so this was my third attempt at […]

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[VIDEO] Getting kids into flying – Sydney Harbour Scenic

I think any pilot who is around kids, be they your own children, nieces/nephews, friends’ kids or whatever, would find it hard not to feel a certain compulsion to share your love of aviation with them. They’re the future of aviation after all. Us 40-something weekend warriors (speaking for myself) only really have another 20 years flying ahead of […]

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Flight over Manhattan – ticking the Hudson River Scenic off my aviation bucket list

Every pilot I know has an aviation bucket list- we all talk about that airport we want to land at, or the warbird we want to fly or the city we want to fly over. I’ve blogged about mine in the past, and one of the items on there was to fly up the Hudson […]

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Flight Over Hawaii – a clockwise loop around the Island in a PA28 Cherokee

Today I hired a Piper Cherokee 140 from Anderson Aviation at Honolulu International Airport for a flight around the Island. It was the first time I’d flown an aircraft outside of Australia but apart from being unfamiliar with the local procedures (which my Instructor Kristie helped me out with) everything was very similar and it […]

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Rottnest Island & Perth Scenic Flight

Today I rented a C172 from the Royal Aero Club of Western Australia based at Jandakot airport for a Perth scenic flight around the local area. As this was the first time I’ve flown out of Jandakot I took one of the local flying instructors with me for help with local procedures and as we were […]

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Sydney Harbour Scenic – video footage

Here’s a quick 5minute video I put together of my departure, Sydney Harbour Scenic flight and return to Bankstown Airport in May 2011. The camera used to take the footage was a simple Canon IXUS mouted to the interior by a G-Force suction cup camera mount so there’s a little bit of vibration at some […]

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