There is an Auster at Tyabb and Nick Caldwell gives instruction in it through Peninsula. There is also a C120 which may or may not be available.

The Auster is an interesting aeroplane and, if you master it, will have you well qualified to move onto bigger stuff with confidence.

For an aero endorsement, a Decathlon is a good workhorse and David Pilkington would have to be one of the best choices as a driving instructor. He is pretty mobile and works out of Moorabbin, Lilydale and Tocumwaal from memory.

Kaz

Sounds reasonable if not even on the cheaper side. Aviation is much more expensive here than the US due to less support, less volume and more taxes. There is a thread here somewhere claiming its cheaper to go over to the US stay in a hotel and complete some components of your flying training in the states before coming back!

yeah, it costs a mere 150USD/hr for that in USA, just the downside is it's so far from HK and the time zone sucks. (but motels there are cheaper too)

I am extremely passionate about this, gonna start comparing prices.

Jeremy Miller runs a small flying school at Lethbridge and he has a very good reputation for aerobatics training.

They have a very neat Super Decathlon and the massive grass runways at Lethbridge would be great for tail wheel training.

Jeremy's number is 0459 474 340.

i am assuming Jeremy is in All Axis aviation, lethbridge? thanks for the number.

Australia is very much more expensive than the USA with the current exchange rate - I'd go there for a Super D at USD230 per hour. Get a tailwheel endorsement in something cheaper like a 7ECA at USD145 per hour. Almost convinced myself to visit the USA for my regular flying fix.
A Citabria at Camden or one of those options at Tyabb will probably be the cheapest tailwheel trainer for a licence - cheaper places for an RAA tailwheel ticket.
Moorabbin is an expensive place to base an aeroplane and the Decathlon is not the cheapest tailwheel aeroplane to operate but, in my opinion, the best tailwheel instructor is David Prossor at Melbourne Flight Training.

@go_a_head, yes Jeremy runs All Axis.

Here are the details for YLED - Lethbridge Air Park:

LETHBRIDGE AIRPARK :: YLED :: Victoria Australia

YLED is probably a less expensive and better place for this kind of training than YMMB. The air field operations would be a lot cheaper and the circuit is usually empty. Arguably, long and wide grass runways would be better for tail wheel training.

As an instructor Jeremy communicates very well and is more structured in his training than some others.

They are a friendly bunch out at YLED and it's a very pleasant place to drop into for a visit on a sunny Sunday afternoon.

Phil Unicomb
 

So has anyone here flown with him?

I am considering booking in to do aeros with him soon, but want to get some idea of other people's experiences. I have done aeros before, including a few dual in an S-2, but didn't finish the rating. I also have several hundred hours tailwheel time.

Keen to hear from those who have flown with Action/Phil.

Cheers.

I recently did my Tailwheel Endorsement in the Tiger Moth with Phil and Trevor at the RNAC. Highly recommend them, great instruction and I thoroughly enjoyed it!
:ok:

So Phil's back in action after the bump?

Yeah, Im wondering that too.
Thanks TZ.
So, no Aerobatic course experiences?

Well I'm curious, how does AXIS do training with only a Charter AOC?:ooh:

Jeremy has a flying school AOC at Lethbridge.

Phil is a top guy and very entertaining. Friends who have flown with him thoroughly recommend him. I have never flown with him however.

Phil, Jeremy and myself just share the odd bottle of red on occasion and swap tall stories of strings to measure stall stick position etc.

I see....
CASA website shows a Charter AOC only. Wouldn't be the first time they are light-years behind themselves I guess!

All Axis is a small country flying school that seem to do a lot of RAA and PPL-level training. This is probably a better option than a large flying school orientated towards airline careers for this type of training.

Personally, I think it's a good idea to do an aerobatics endorsement in conjunction with tail wheel training.

I've done some aeros training with Jeremy and thought he was very good. Flying out of Lethbridge on a fine afternoon is a great way to spend the weekend.

Spoke with him back in February , all good health wise

You'd be doing yourself an injustice by not spending an hour with him,make up your own mind from there:ok:

I started flying with Phil last week. Having never met him before I was really surprised. He seems to be a really good bloke and a top aerobatic pilot :ok:

Not a hint of pretension or arrogance about him either, which seems to be very rare in this industry.

I don't know about inital tailwheel, but If you want to do aeros there is no-one I would recommend more highly. :ok:

Impossible
 

Mate, we have been trying to train Tail Wheel for years and he hasn't changed a thing.