flight school in YBCS?

[equal]

g'day,

bar talk probably and i might have had a few myself but overheard a new organisation on the map in cairns soon. 2 x cirrus aircraft to start with more to come?

[DaisyDuck]

Yes the word is a new "airline college" flying school to start in November with Cirrus aircraft out of YBCS. Run by the Aviation Skills Centre apparently?? Does anyone know more?? CFI? AOC?

[CaptainInsaneO]

I did hear some news about this new 'college'.

I didn't think to take it seriously though...

[feetonthedash]

Must be state of the art if they are using new Cirrus aircraft.
I guess the market for 40 year old Cessna 172's must be drying up!
:}

[DaisyDuck]

Hope they are airconditioned!! November in the tropics :\ in a low wing yikes.....

[SideSaddle]

I see they're tearing down the old fuel dump next to the college today. Maybe that has something to do with it! :ok:

[titenup]

but probably not the waiting time to get around the circuit as in a 150???

[DaisyDuck]

Might give the Aero Club and Barrier a run for their money with flash-murray-new-planes-that-go-fast-eh :cool:

[feetonthedash]

I hear they are building a Cirrus Simulator on the old fuel area.:ooh:

[flypilotboy]

I heard the sim will have a cd player, leather seats and a parachute just like the real thing.:E

[CirrusSR22T]

Ipod connector not CD player Fly Pilot :8, They are a modern flying machine now !! :E

[DaisyDuck]

But seriously now, what are they like as an ab-initio trainer? Does anyone have any experience/knowledge as to how they have been holding up? Good/Bad/Ugly?

[Mr Milk]

I dont know of anyone else in oz using them as ab initio trainers.
I would like to wager there will be a bent one within 6 months of startup though.
Cant beat the tried and tested cessna/pipers for L-platers in my opinion.

[titenup]

DD - you ask about "ugly"? - remember, the compatison is with the likes of C-150. - I suppose ugly is in the eye of the beholder.

But, back to serious, I dont know of any history in that role - interesting to "watch this space".

Titewun

[flypilotboy]

"Landing an SR20 the University of North Dakota factory-authorized training program way requires precise control of airspeed at 75 knots. Too fast and you'll float. Too slow and you'll sink like a rock, at least according to the UND instructors who begin to look visibly green if the airspeed sinks below 75."

Cirrus SR20 (and a bit about the SR22) (http://philip.greenspun.com/flying/cirrus-sr20)

Hope the undercarriage is strong!!!

[DaisyDuck]

Ah yes titenup, ugly perhaps, but as MrMilk says very much tried and tested. :)

[titenup]

Daisy, general question to you, (and anyone else), recomendations for current initial training aircraft? i.e. What would be your aircraft of choice from the current production range?

Just wondering where the world is headed re training.

tite

[campdoag]

anyone got any contact info on who is starting this school??

what is the planned start up date??

thanks

[DaisyDuck]

titenup- I dont know enough about the latest and greatest types to comment with any sort of real knowledge. There is so many new types out there now.... Technams, Sportstar, Boomerang, Diamond.....the list goes on and on. Some swear by the new modern trainers and some are stalworts for the Cessna/Piper/Beechcraft. Each to their own I say.

campdoag - Cairns Aviation Skills Centre (Aviation Australia) is the new flying school operator. Due to commence in November at last report.

[flypilotboy]

Miss Duck, I guess we will have to wait 30 years to see which ones are still going.:)

[titenup]

30 years? Interesting concept when put like that. I remember seeing Jabarus some 10 years ago, when they were a few years old, and thinking that the cracking around the windscreens was a problem - I was assured that it was "normal" and "superficial". I never did hear more about it - but I wonder how the new materials do stand up over a long time?

Anyone have experience of high time Jabs?

Titewundering