ADF Pilot aptitude test
 

I'm sitting the ADF Pilot Aptitude Test and have approximately one month to prepare. I have the Arco flight test prep book as my first resource. Can anyone recommend any other texts that would be useful?

What is the ADF's attitude in relation to age? I'm aware that age limits have been extended for aircrew positions, but off the record, will they offer a place on the pilot's course for a candidate who has just turned 30?

I know someone who got accepted who was 36 or 37.

RBS,

To answer your questions with regard to the pilot aptitude testing, it basically goes like this.

It goes for two full days followed by a medical on the third day.

The first day relates to the pilot side of things and involves doing simulator type exercises which assess your hand/eye/foot coordination (particularly with regard to how much you improve over time). You also do lots of spatial orientation exercises, speed accuracy tests, english comprehension tests, IQ type exercises etc.

The second day involves matters relating to leadership, team exercises, giving presentations etc which are designed to ascertain your potential to be an officer (all pilots are officers in the ADF).

If you're successful over the course of the first two days, you'll be invited to undergo a fairly thorough medical.

As far as the age thing goes, the ADF is very keen to take on anyone who meets the criteria as laid out and at 30 you'll be fine. On my course the youngest was 21 and the oldest was in his early 30's. However, as an instructor I had a trainee who was in his late 30's so don't stress about the age factor.

Good luck with it all.

P68:D

RBS if you are talking about initial Officer Aptitude and Specialist Aptitude testing then the ARCO Book is probably all you would need. Not really much you can study for as such, it really depends on your own abilities and problem solving skills; some of it is speed and accuracy tests (read and reproduce) but I would pay attention to aircraft attitude diagrams and visual refrencing areas, also do some study on speed/time/distance problems and also basic %, Decimal and fractional equations and mixtures of the same.

Age is not much of a problem for Army and may not be an issue for Navy but is for RAAF espescially if you want to fly the fast stuff.... :suspect:

Thanks for the advice, it is greatly apprciated. :ok:

RBS

Good luck mate. If you don't pass the ADF Aptitude test you could always apply for Army Pilot training. All the best!

L1POB0

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