Aircraft Hire Hunter Valley/Newcastle
 

G'day,

I'm looking for a private hire of a single engine VFR 4'ish seater in the Hunter Valley/Newcastle region. Something Piper Warrior or C172 like is fine, happy to learn something new though.

Looking at an hour or two a month with the occasional weekend trip away.

Cheers

You could try The Royal Newcastle Aero Club at Rutherford.....

A Very Friendly mob......

Royal Newcastle Aero Club | Flying Lessons, Pilot Training, Joy Flights

Cheers

Not a four seater though.. How about a Tiger Moth at Luskintyre? :ok:

I was having a look at RNAC prices and they are quite competitive, so I gave them a call.

They want to see a currency flight every 30 days with one of their instructors (effectively just a circuit or two), which seems a bit excessive - but I guess that's their requirements. I might dig a little deeper with them since I don't want to have to do 0.3 dual every time I go flying, which basically negates the cheaper rates.

I'm currently privately hiring through Hunter Valley Aviation (which falls under Basair) and their rates are a bit more expensive, but since my flight review 5 months ago, they haven't needed to see any other dual flying. I was hoping to find a private owner with an aircraft that isn't flying all the time and avoid the clubs and schools altogether, but unless I drive 2.5 hours to Bankstown it doesn't seem like there's anyone up here.

As for the Tiger Moth, I'd love to, but I don't think my fiancé would appreciate the bugs in the face!

Thanks, I think I saw that one on flyhire and it's probably worth a look for the weekend long hires. Similar cost to what I'm paying now with more performance and a higher TAS. But like you said, it's still a 4 hour round trip of driving

Central Coast Aero Club at Warnervale?

Yes I'm interested too. Tired of dealing with aero clubs with their aircraft serviceability and unavailability, ridiculous currency requirement (RNAC) or changing goal posts (others).
I can't seem to find anyone who has an aircraft sitting idle...

I'd also be interested in a share of an aircraft.