Hi 172, Just throwing in my 2 cents. Before you jump into setting your sights on the Redbird sim, I think you and the aero club should seriously look into the JNP Corporation Sim. It was also at Avalon this year.
Thanks for the replies chaps, I did get a chance to review the JNP at Avalon as well, however the extra 100K was out of our league at this time. We also would require the redbird to be CASA approved prior to purchase otherwise it's no good to us & we would be back to the fixed sim's available now, I have had a look at Redcliffe Aero Club's sim and must say it's a nice piece of work as well, our budget would be south of 100K at the moment (unless we win the lotto tonight)
cheers
A172