Chris, from the Sunshine Coast, spent six weeks with us in October and November. He came to us with a background of RAAUS instructing with an RPL, and on leaving us he had completed his Commercial Pilot Licence, MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating! Chris is the second person to complete their CPL with us.
We're not a flying school, we're a training provider for our General Aviation colleagues from all over Australia........scroll down to check out where our MEA Class Rating & Instrument Rating graduates come from, and what they get up to after they train with us

Chris Burdett

Rachel Fitzpatrick
Rachel is from Mildura. Rachel passed her MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 14/11/23.

Thomas Conway
Thomas, from Sydney, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 9/11/23.

Edwin Leung
Edwin, from Hong Kong, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 22/10/23.

Kevin Castillo
Kevin is from Sydney. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 20/10/23.

Anthony Cotsios
Anthony, from Sydney, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 1/10/23.

Aidan Enright
Aidan, from Toowoomba, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 30/9/23.

Rylan Joynes
Rylan, from Albany in WA, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 13/9/23.

Harry Wheeler
Harry, from Bowral, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 3/9/23.

Deren Ramadan
Deren, from Geelong, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 22/8/23.

Tim Drury
Tim, from Miles, passed his MEA Class Rating & Private Instrument Rating (Multi-Engine) flight tests on 13/8/23. Tim plans to use his ratings as part of his farming business.

Jack Harris
Jack, from Walgett, passed his MEA Class Rating & Private Instrument Rating (Multi-Engine) flight tests on 12/8/23. Jack will be using his ratings in his farming business.

Callum Bewley
Callum, from the Gold Coast, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 6/8/23.

Jamie Dove
Jamie, from Melbourne, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 4/8/23.

Jameson Davis
Jameson is from Adelaide. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 3/8/23.

Jason Nastevski
Jason, from Adelaide, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 19/7/23. Soon after finishing his training with us he picked up a job flying for Hardy Aviation at Darwin!

Jess Bellamy
Jess, from the Sunshine Coast, passed her Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 17/7/23. Jess has been flying survey in WA and came over from the west for her training.

James Rodgers
James is a Northern Rivers local. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 14/7/23.

Jess Tse
Jess, from Hong Kong, passed her MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 13/7/23.

Dave West
Dave, from the Gold Coast, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 12/7/23. Before he had even finished his training with us he was offered an IFR job with Seair Pacific.

Marcus Fox
Marcus, from Brisbane, passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 11/7/23. Within a month of completing his training with us, he was offered a job flying Shrikes for GAM!

Sean Sivam
Sean, from Melbourne, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 10/7/23.

Christian Di Muro
Christian passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 28/6/23. He came down from Darwin for his training.

Eros Emaldi
Eros, from Brisbane, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 15/6/23.

Leah Douglas
Leah, from Brisbane, passed her Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 11/6/23. Within a month of finishing her training with us, Leah was offered a multi-IFR job with GAM!

Tim Evans
After completing his MEA + MEIR with us in Feb 2023, Tim returned to complete his CPL with us in the Barons. Tim passed his CPL flight test on 7/6/23, making him our first CPL graduate! Within days of his flight test, he was contacted by another of our previous students who now recruits for his NT-based charter company and offered his first flying job!

Nash Wright
Nash, from the Gold Coast, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 3/6/23. Soon after finishing his training with us he secured a job flying a brand new Piper Malibu on private IFR ops!

Noah Mirosch
Noah, from Brisbane, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 1/6/23. Noah went straight to an IFR job flying a Cirrus for a private company.

Dave Barton
Dave came across from Perth for his training. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 27/5/23.

Blair Renwick
Blair, from the Gold Coast, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 25/5/23.

Phil Burke
Phil, from Brisbane, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flights tests on 16/5/23. Phil works in operations for Alliance Airlines.

Dan Eberhardt
Dan is from Brisbane. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 14/5/23. Dan is now flying a C208 on parachuting ops.

Cannon Cribb
Cannon, from the Gold Coast, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 12/5/23. Within a month or so of completing his training with his, Cannon had secured his first flying job with Katherine Aviation!

Ben Roberts-Brown
Ben, from the Gold Coast, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flights tests on 5/5/23.

Max Van Ristell
Max is from Brisbane. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 3/5/23, and then headed straight to a new flying job in WA.

Steven Shen
Steven is from Adelaide. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 2/5/23.

Neville Sommerfeld
Neville, from Maryborough, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flights tests on 20/4/23.

Mark Lane
Mark is from Brisbane. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 15/4/23.

Dylan Yu
Dylan is from Taiwan. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 2/4/23.

Aidan Scott
Aidan, from Sydney, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flights tests on 28/3/23.

Brodie Lonergan
Brodie is from Townsville. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 26/3/23. Within a month of finishing his training he had secured a job flying Barons on charter in north west Queensland.

Euan McDougall
Euan is from Tumut. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 26/3/23.

Haylea Gorton
Haylea, from Brisbane, passed her MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flights tests on 25/3/23.

Cameron Blackburn
Cameron is a flight instructor who has been working in Brisbane. He passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 14/3/23. In May 2023, he secured a role as an FO with Link Airways on the Saab 340.

Ethan Culliton
Ethan is from Cairns, and was referred to us by his colleagues at his workplace, Hinterland Aviation. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 5/3/23. He returned to Cairns to start his line training with Hinterland.

Tim Evans
Tim, from Brisbane, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flights test on 23/2/23.

Callum Jones
Callum is from Adelaide, and works as a charter pilot for Arid Air. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 17/2/23.

AJ Murray
AJ passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 16/2/23. AJ is the Helimuster fixed wing specialist and came down from the NT for his training.

Ty Dekker
Ty, from Brisbane, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flights test on 6/2/23. Ty now flies for Hinterland Aviation.

Max Cornish
Max is from Brisbane, and works as a survey pilot. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 1/2/23.

Rory Rearden
Rory is from Brisbane, and passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 28/1/23. Rory is a dual qualified CPL and rural & remote generalist doctor. He is taking a break from medicine and picked up a flying job with Hinterland Aviation on completion of his training with us.

Kelly Densem
Kelly, from the NSW Central Coast, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flights test on 25/1/23.

Steve Pinnell
Steve is from the UK. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 26/1/23. Steve came to us as a VFR charter pilot working in WA, and left us straight to a multi-IFR job flying the Paspaley Mallards out of Darwin!

Amy Costello
Amy is from the Gold Coast. Amy passed her MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 30/12/22. Amy works as a Flight Instructor at Wellcamp.

Ethan Burton
Ethan, from Sydney, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flights test on 29/12/22.

Sam van Arkel
Sam is from Sydney. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 28/12/22.

Toby Smith
Toby is from Tamworth. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 18/12/22. Toby now flies a Baron out of his home town.

Aidan Vellu
Aidan, from Melbourne, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flights test on 17/12/22.

Mia Donohue
Mia is from Sydney. Mia passed her MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 14/12/22. Mia is now flying charter in WA.

Justin Hanka
Justin is from Melbourne. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 4/12/22.

Ben Carstairs
Ben, from Melbourne, passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 24/11/22. In early 2023, Ben started flying a C404 on freight ops out of Moorabbin and then progressed to the B1900.

James Blackburn
James is from the Central Coast of NSW. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 11/11/22.

Alex Hanka
Alex is from Adelaide. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 10/11/22.

Marc Griggs
Marc is from Rockhampton. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 3/11/22.

Shellie Murray
Shellie came to us as a VFR charter pilot working for Aviair at Kunnunurra WA. Shellie passed her Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 30/10/22.

Megan Hinton
Megan is from Melbourne. Megan passed her MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 21/10/22.

Josh Cassim
Josh, from Sydney, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 19/10/22.

Julia McGregor
Julia is from Murrumbateman in the NSW Southern Tablelands. Julia passed her MEA Class Rating & Instrument Rating flight tests on 19/10/22.

Paul Wilsher
Paul came to us as a VFR charter pilot working in the NT. He completed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating on 15/10/22.

Izack Curtis
Izack, from Brisbane, passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 30/9/22. In December 2022 we recommended him for his first flying job with CPC in the NT, and he got the job!

Chloe Brownscombe
Chloe is from Melbourne. She passed her Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 28/9/22. She went straight from us to Darwin to her first flying job, and is now flying C208 & C404 out of Broome.

John Frisina
John is a flight instructor and survey pilot working in Albury. He passed his MEA Class Rating and Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 17/9/22.

Zachary Gorden
Zachary, from Sydney, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 15/9/22.

Anthony Simpson
Anthony is from Sydney. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 13/9/22.

Jim Pandazopoulos
Jim is a flight instructor from Melbourne. He passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 2/9/22.

Bill El-Maghraby
Bill, from Melbourne, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 24/8/22.

Jonny Heron
Jonny is from Perth. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 17/8/22.

Brad Holmes
Brad is a flight instructor from Brisbane. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 16/8/22.

Jose Silanes
Jose, from Brisbane, passed his MEA Class Rating flight test on 11/8/22.

Paige Devenish & Hugh Evans
Paige & Hugh both work as flight instructors at Wagga. They passed their MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 16/7/22 & 17/7/22.

Dave George
Dave is from Melbourne. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 15/7/22. Shortly after completion of his training, we recommended Dave for a job with GSL Aviation in Cairns.

Harry Dodsworth
Harry, from Brisbane, passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 14/7/22.

Henry Oswald-Jacobs
Henry passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 4/7/22. Henry came to us as a VFR charter pilot working for Arafura Aviation, and shortly after completing his training with us he was employed by Hardy Aviation in Darwin.

Jake Thomson
Jake is from Braemar in the NSW Southern Highlands. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 26/6/22. Jake is now flying multi-IFR in the NT.

Josh Kerrich
Josh is from Perth, and came to us as a VFR charter pilot working in the NT. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 22/6/22. He went straight from us to Cobham on the Dash 8.

Sam Barnett
Sam, from Sydney, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 19/6/22. Sam now works for Chartair in the NT.

Sean Rodgers
Sean, from Brisbane, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 17/6/22.

Rickus Rousseau
Rickus is from South Africa. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 17/6/22.

Pat Hanrahan
Pat, from Brisbane, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 7/6/22. Pat now works for Territory Air Services in Darwin.

Bernadette Wallace
Bernadette, from Brisbane, passed her MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 5/6/22. Bernadette has gone on to work for East Air out of Cairns, flying C208s & Shrikes.

Jack Gray
Jack is from Bundaberg. He passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 22/5/22. He now works for Territory Air Services in Darwin.

Ben Webb
Ben, from Brisbane, passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 14/5/22. Ben came to us as a VFR charter pilot working for Territory Air Services out of Darwin, and is now the HOFO at TAS.

Rhys Woodward
Rhys, from Brisbane, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 7/5/22. Rhys is now flying in WA.

Ash Warncken
Ash, from the Sunshine Coast, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 30/4/22. Ash now works as a flight instructor at Archerfield.

Anna Maguire
Anna, from Dalby, passed her MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 24/4/22. Anna went straight from us to fly a C340 on charter.

John Woodhead
John, a flight instructor from Toowoomba, passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 20/3/22.

Joe Grey
Joe is from Launceston. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 24/2/22. Joe went straight from us to a charter pilot job in the Whitsundays.

Oscar Videan
Oscar, from Sydney, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 2/2/22. Oscar is now flying charter in PNG.

Dan Nichols
Dan, from Brisbane, passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 26/1/22. Dan came to us as a single engine VFR charter pilot working in WA.

Alessio Ercole
Alessio is from Deniliquin NSW. He passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 19/1/22. Alessio now flies a Navajo on survey.

Sam Cooling
Sam, from Melbourne, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 23/12/21. Sam works as a flight instructor at Cowra.

Tim Stott
Tim is from Warrnambool, Vic. Tim passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 14/12/21. Tim returned to Warrnambool to fly skydiving ops.

Mark Hancock
Mark is from Brisbane. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 3/12/21. Mark is working for Katherine Aviation in the NT.

Amelia Johnson
Amelia, from Cessnock, passed her MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 12/11/21. Amelia works for flightcharter.com.au.

Lizzie Nichols
Lizzie, from the Hunter Valley, passed her MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 9/11/21.

Mark Joseph
Mark is from Brisbane. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 4/11/21. He is now working as an instructor in SEQ.

Sam Lee
Sam, from Sydney, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 22/10/21.

Paul Cole
Paul is from Brisbane. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 14/10/21.

Josh Reimer
Josh, from Sydney, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 8/10/21. In early 2022, Josh started flying for GunAir in the NT, and is now flying their C310 on charter.

Lachie Pascoe
Lachie, from the Gold Coast, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 3/8/21. Lachie is now flying for Arafura Aviation in Darwin.

Kenny Nicholson
Kenny is from Melbourne. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 29/7/21. Kenny is now working and flying out of Emerald QLD.

Matt Thompson
Matt is from Toowoomba. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 25/7/21. Matt headed straight from us to Goondiwindi to work for Air Bush Charters.

Tim McGavin
Tim, from the Sunshine Coast, passed his Private Instrument Rating flight test on 22/7/21. Tim trained in his own P210R.

Rory Carmody-Walker
Rory came to us as a single engine charter pilot working for GunAir in the NT. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 19/7/21. Rory went on to fly multi-IFR for Torres Strait Air before taking a job on a C402 flying survey.

Connor Herd
Connor came to us as a flight instructor, based in Dubbo. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating on 11/7/21. Connor returned to Dubbo and immediately picked up work flying a Baron for a local charter operator before starting with Airlink on their PA31s in early 2022.

Colt Ferrari
Colt, from the Sunshine Coast, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 26/6/21. Colt now works as a station pilot.

Josh Coate
Josh is a LAME from St Georges Basin on the south coast of NSW. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 24/6/21.

Dan Waller
Dan came to us as a charter pilot for Wrightsair in South Australia. He passed his MEA Class Rating flight test on 20/6/21. He now works for Seair Pacific.

Marcus McCoy
Marcus is from Devonport, Tasmania. Marcus passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 19/6/21.

Hayden Blekkenhorst
Hayden is from Perth. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 2/6/21. Hayden now works for Air Frontier in Darwin.

Al Waters
Al, from Brisbane, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 21/5/21. In August 2021, he started working as a charter pilot for Katherine Aviation in the NT, then in 2023 he moved to Horn Island to fly Islanders for Torres Strait Air.

Luke Francis
Luke, from Brisbane, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 19/5/21. Luke is now flying for GSL Aviation.

Dan Atkinson
Dan is from Toowoomba. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 18/5/21. Within a month of finishing his training, he had secured a Baron charter job with Savannah Aviation in northwest Qld. He has since upgraded to a King Air.

Tom Warren
Tom, from Brisbane, passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 15/5/21.

Adam Grant
Adam is from Brisbane. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 9/5/21. Adam is now working for Chartair based in Alice Springs.

Aaron Singh
Aaron is a flight instructor from Brisbane. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 25/4/21.

Newton Chua
Newton is from Singapore. He passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 24/4/21. On return to Singapore he secured work with a jet charter operator.

Matt Williams
Matt is from Brisbane. He passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 18/4/21.

Jess Tseng
Jess, from Melbourne, passed her Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 3/4/21. Jess works for Airservices Australia in Canberra.

James Dao & Dylan Bruce
James (left) & Dylan (right) are both from Melbourne. They passed their Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 31/3/21.

Tharindu Liyanage
Tharindu (TC) is from Sydney. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 21/3/21. TC works as a flight instructor at Bankstown.

Akec Faustino Yel
Akec, from Sydney, passed his MEA Class Rating flight test on 18/3/21, and then passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 19/3/21. Akec is a flight instructor working at Port Macquarie.

Scott Panazzolo
Scott, from Sydney, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 17/3/21. Scott now works as a flight instructor in the Hunter Valley.

Doug Lam
Doug Lam, from Newcastle, passed his MEA Class Rating flight test on 25/2/21. He then completed his PXS DFE in the P210 the next day.

Jamie Madon
Jamie is from Sydney. He passed his MEA Class Rating flight test on 23/2/21. He then returned in June to complete his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating, and passed this flight test on 2/7/21. Jamie works as a flight instructor at Bankstown.

Troy Darakis & Jamie Veivers
Troy is from the Gold Coast & Jamie is from the Sunshine Coast. Both passed their MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 18/2/21. Troy came to us as a VFR charter pilot working for Air Fraser, and following his training he is now employed by Seair Pacific as an IFR charter pilot flying the C208. Jamie is now working as a company pilot flying a PC12.

Ajay Mohanraj & Sohith Singamsetti
Ajay & Sohith are both from Melbourne (Sohith works as a flight instructor at Mildura). Ajay passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 30/1/21, and Sohith passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument rating flight tests on 31/1/21. Ajay flew in outback SA before moving to Horn Island to fly the Islanders.

Russell Clifford
Russell, an Army Chinook aircrewman from Townsville, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 26/1/21. In May 2021, he secured a charter pilot job in the NT. In early 2022, he moved to Bankstown to fly IFR freight operations for Macquarie Air, before moving to Pelican to fly the Jetstream 32.

Bradd Allan
Bradd, from the Central Coast of NSW, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 24/1/21. Bradd worked for GSL Aviation out of Cairns before moving on to Skytrans.

Ronald Luk
Ronald, from Sydney, passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 31/12/20.

Josh Neumann
Josh is from the Gold Coast. He passed his MEA Class Rating flight test on 26/12/20 & his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 27/12/20.

Samson Byrne
Samson is a flight instructor from the Sunshine Coast. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 27/12/20.

Hugo Struss
Hugo, from Brisbane, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 22/12/20.

Brendan Keeling
Brendan is from Mareeba in Far North Queensland. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 8/12/20.

Brayden Robertson
Brayden passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 6/12/20. He is an instructor at the North Queensland Aero Club, Mareeba.

Harry Karandikar
Harry, from Sydney, passed his MEA Class Rating flight test on 21/11/20.

Jordan Curd
Jordan is from Bundaberg. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 17/11/20. In June 2021 Jordan was accepted into the RAAF as a pilot.

Will Brown
Will is a V8 Supercar driver from Toowoomba! He passed his MEA Class Rating flight test on 14/11/20.

Mitch Amery
Mitch is from Brisbane. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 13/11/20. Mitch is now flying the Metros as a Captain for for Link Airways, and will be moving onto an Atlas B767 in 2024.

Zain Khan
Zain, from Cairns, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 10/11/20. Zain works as a flight instructor at Archerfield.

Nathan Parker
One of the toughest blokes you will ever meet, Nathan proved that a prosthetic upper limb is no barrier to a career in aviation by passing his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 14/10/20! Nathan was worked as a flight instructor at the Northern Rivers Aero Club, before moving to Newcastle to fly a C303 for Matt Hall Racing.

Ryan Nelson
Ryan is from Sydney. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 13/10/20. He then did his Pressurisation Endorsement in the P210 on 14/10/20.

Mike Baxter
Mike, from Grafton, passed his MEA Class Rating flight test on 30/9/20.

Ryan Timperley
Ryan is a flight instructor from Moruya. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 17/9/20. Ryan returned to Moruya to fly his company’s Chieftain on charter before moving to Hinterland Aviation.

Harrison Haynes
Harry is from Narrabri. He passed his MEA Class Rating flight test on 16/9/20. In early 2021 we recommended Harry for a job with a charter operator in outback South Australia.

Alex Kiriczenko
Alex, from Armidale, passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 13/9/20.

Jamin Tieleman
Jamin is from Perth, and he is currently flying for Chartair out of Darwin. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 27/8/20.

Dan Ramshaw
Dan is from Perth, and is currently flying charter in the NT. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 6/8/20.

Justin Flannery
Justin is a flight instructor from Melbourne. He passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 24/7/20.

Sam Cooper
Sam came to us as a VFR charter pilot working for Arafura Aviation in Darwin. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 12/7/20. He went on to work for Hardy Aviation, before starting on the B200 with Careflight in 2023.

Tom Murray
Tom Murray is a commercial helicopter (and private fixed wing) pilot from Trilby Station near Louth in western NSW. He completed his Private Instrument Rating flight test in his own Cessna T210N on 10/7/20.

Jarred Barnett
Jarred is from Melbourne. He completed his Private Instrument Rating (Multi-Engine with RNAV, VOR, ILS & Night endorsements) flight test on 5/7/20.

Kelvin Maguire
Kelvin is from Brisbane. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 28/6/20. Kelvin works as a flight instructor at Archerfield.

Sam Dove
Sam is from Brisbane. He passed his MEA Class Rating flight test on 6/6/20, and then passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 26/6/20.

Cam Borland
Cam, from Brisbane, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 24/6/20. Cam went straight from us to a job flying a Baron out of Katherine, NT, and then moved into the company C421.

Machie Alhawaj
Machie is from Bahrain. He passed his MEA Class Rating flight test on 11/6/20, and his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 12/6/20.

Raife Crayford
Raife is from Brisbane and came to us as a VFR charter pilot working for Air Fraser at Hervey Bay. He passed his MEA Class Rating flight test on 10/6/20, and his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 11/6/20. We recruited him back as an instructor in early 2023!

Joel Wallace
Joel is from Albury. He passed his MEA Class Rating flight test on 18/5/20 and his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 20/5/20.

Bahri Aldatmaz
Baz is a flight instructor from Melbourne. He passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 8/5/20.

Scott Jessett
Scott, a survey pilot from Melbourne, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 7/4/20.

Samantha Hardy
Sam is from Sydney. Sam passed her MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 22/3/20. In June 2021, we were pleased to help Sam with some C210 time as she prepared for a job interview with Northern Territory Air Services, and she now has a job as a C210 charter pilot based at Alice Springs!

Ken Stauffer
Ken, from Cairns, completed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 19/3/20. Ken works as a charter pilot out of Cairns.

Alex Breading
Alex is from Christchurch NZ. He passed his MEA Class Rating flight test on 18/3/20 & his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 19/3/20. Alex works as an ag pilot for Field Air in Victoria.

Klevis H
Klevis is from Melbourne. He passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 23/2/20. He went straight to a multi-engine IFR survey job, flying a C402 out of Essendon.

Hamish Smillie
Hamish, a flight instructor from Melbourne, passed his MEA Class Rating flight test on 18/2/20 and then passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 21/2/20. He then did his Pressurisation Endorsement on the P210 on 22/2/20. In early 2024, Hamish will be starting with Virgin as an FO on the B737.

Blake Cuthbertson
Blake is from Melbourne. He passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 20/2/20. While he was with us he also completed his Pressurisation Endorsement on the P210. He went on to fly charter in outback South Australia before moving to Brisbane to work as a flight instructor.

Kimberley Carew
Kimberley Carew, from Brisbane, passed her MEA Class Rating flight test on 26/1/20 and then passed her Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 30/1/20. Kim went on to fly in Vanuatu for Air Taxi Vanuatu before starting with Hevilift on the ATR72.

Josh Hatcher
Josh is from Melbourne. He passed his MEA Class Rating flight test on 26/1/20 and then passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 27/1/20.

Caleb Hill
Caleb, from Brisbane, passed his MEA Class Rating flight test on 23/1/20 and then passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 24/1/20. Caleb worked as a flight instructor at Archerfield before heading to the US to fly regional jets.

Ed Batha
Ed Batha, from Mullumbimby, passed his MEA Class Rating flight test on 21/12/19 and his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 24/12/19. Ed went on to fly charter in WA before starting with Hevilift on the ATR72.

Anne Le
Anne Le, from Vietnam, passed her MEA Class Rating flight test on 30/12/19 and then passed her Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 31/12/19.

Lachlan Clift
Lachlan, from Perth, passed his MEA Class Rating flight test on 22/12/19 and his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 23/12/19.

Terence Lee
Terence is from Hong Kong. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi–Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 11/12/19.

Jack Kalchbauer
Jack, from Port Macquarie, passed his MEA Class Rating flight test on 29/11/19 and his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 3/12/19.

Glen Salter
Glen, from Melbourne, passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 29/11/19. In February 2020 he started as a charter pilot with Territory Air Services in the NT. As of early 2022, he is now flying for Hinterland Aviation in Qld.

Teegan O'Neill
Teegan, from the Sunshine Coast, passed her MEA Class Rating flight test on 12/11/19 and her Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 16/11/19. In December 2019, we recommended Teegan for a job with Katherine Aviation, and she went on to fly charter in the NT for the company. Teegan now flies a King Air out of Toowoomba.

Justin Mahar
Justin, from Melbourne, passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 14/11/19. In February 2020, he secured a job as a Baron charter pilot in the Pilbara region of WA.

Aymish Khushal
Aymish is from Brisbane. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 25/10/19 & 26/10/19.

Dylan Boyd
Dylan, from Melbourne, passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 23/10/19. He is now flying a C404 out of Alice Springs.

Terry Sumner
Terry Sumner passed his MEA Class Rating flight test on 10/10/19 and his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 11/10/19. Terry is from Melbourne.

TJ Hoogenboezem
TJ passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 6/10/19. TJ is from Perth, and he went on to work for Hardy Aviation in Darwin, before starting with Virgin as an FO.

Jason Brohier
Jason is from Melbourne. He completed his MEA Class Rating flight test on 15/9/19, and his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 26/9/19. He is now flying twins on survey ops.

Scott Cronan
Scott Cronan, from the Gold Coast, passed his MEA Class Rating flight test on 19/9/19 and his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 22/9/19.

Steven Princ
Steven is from Melbourne. He passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 21/9/19.

Chris Fry & Brad Weir
Chris (left) & Brad (right) are both from Melbourne – they passed their Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests in the first week of September 2019. Brad now flies PA31s in northwest Qld.

Felipe Plato De Siqueira
Felipe, from Melbourne, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests in early September 2019.

Tim Bezemer
Tim is from northern Tasmania. He passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 28/8/19. Tim went on to fly King Airs and B1900s for Tasfast Airfreight in Melbourne.

Harry Grimes
Harry, from Proserpine QLD, passed his MEA Class Rating flight test on 28/8/19 & then passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 29/8/19. Harry went on to fly for GSL Aviation at Airlie Beach, before starting with Hinterland Aviation in early 2022.

Josh Villani Leadbetter
Josh Villani Leadbetter passed his MEA Class Rating & Instrument Rating flight tests in the first week of August 2019. Josh is went on to fly a Caravan & Chieftain for Macquarie Air on IFR freight operations out of Bankstown, before moving to the USA to fly regional jets for GoJet Airlines.

Victor Leung
Victor is from Hong Kong. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Instrument Rating flight tests in the first week of August 2019. In December 2019, Victor was accepted into Cathay Pacific.

Sam Harrigan & Dustin Curtis
Sam Harrigan (pictured), from Coffs Harbour, passed his MEA Class Rating & Instrument Rating flight tests in the last week of July 2019. Dustin Curtis, from the Sunshine Coast, also passed his Instrument Rating flight test in the same week (he dodged the post flight test photo!). Sam is now flying for Coffs Skydivers, and Dustin secured a job flying a Shrike on IFR freight operations for GAM before moving to the NT to fly a PC12 for the RFDS.

Angus Brander
Angus is from Sydney. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Instrument Rating flight tests on 9/7/19. In early 2020 we recommended Angus for a station pilot job, which he got. He is now flying a C182 in western Queensland.

Jayde Graham
Jayde, from Brisbane, passed her MEA Class Rating & Instrument Rating flight tests on 3/7/19.

Declan Soan
Declan is from Brisbane. He passed his MEA Class Rating flight test on 1/7/19 and passed his Instrument Rating flight test on 2/7/19. Declan is now flying charter in the NT.

Hossam Abu-Obeid
Hossam, from Brisbane, passed his MEA Class Rating & Instrument Rating flight tests in the last week of June 2019. Hossam has since been employed as a charter pilot by Goldfield Air Services in Kalgoorlie, WA

Archie Singh
Archie is from Brisbane. He passed his MEA Class Rating & Instrument Rating flight tests in the last week of June 2019. Archie then went on to fly charter in outback South Australia before accepting a position at Jetstar in flight operations and then moving on to fly survey operations.

James Skinner
James is from Melbourne – he completed his Multi-Engine Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 4/6/19 & 5/6/19. James currently works as a flight instructor in Melbourne.

Brandon Clark
Brandon, from Ararat VIC, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 4/6/19 & 5/6/19. Shortly after he completed his training we were contacted by Katherine Aviation, who were looking to fill a pilot vacancy. We recommended Brandon for the job, and he got it! He is now flying charter in the NT.

Scott Underwood
Scott, from the Gold Coast, passed his MEA Class Rating and Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 13/5/19.

Manuel Navarro
Manuel, from Canberra, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests in late April 2019.

Bailey Howard
Bailey is from the Gold Coast. He passed his MEA Class Rating flight test on 22/4/19, and his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 23/4/19. In June 2019 he started working as a charter pilot in western Queensland, flying a C210 & a Baron. In early 2020 he moved north to fly Islanders out of Horn Island, and now flies a Dash 8.

Callum Miller
Callum, from Perth WA, passed his MEA Class Rating flight test on 22/4/19 and his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 23/4/19. In early May 2019, he started a job flying survey operations in WA, and now flies a PC12 for Aviair in WA.

Jake Robb
Jake passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 12/3/19. While he was training with us, we were contacted by a company that was looking for a pilot for it’s Chieftain. We recommended Jake for the job, and he got it! He flew the Chieftain out of Toowoomba, before moving to the US to fly regional jets and then a B777 on freight ops.

Sarah Biddles
Sarah passed her Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 28/2/19. Two days later Sarah travelled to western QLD to start a new job with the Australian Agricultural Co, flying a C206. She has now returned to the Northern Rivers to operate her own flying school!

Daniel Allan
An instructor from Brisbane, Dan completed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 16/2/19 & 17/2/19. Dan continued to work as an instructor at Archerfield before being accepted into Air New Zealand.

Annie Brock
Annie is a flight instructor from Brisbane, and completed her MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 17/2/19 & 18/2/19. Annie worked as an instructor at Archerfield before we recruited her back to work for us in late 2022!!

Stephen Coyle
Stephen, from Perth WA, completed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 16/2/19. He flew skydivers in WA before moving to the NT to fly a C310 out of Darwin. In 2023 he started with Air North on the E190.

Phil Richards
Phil, from Rockhampton QLD, completed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating in January 2019. Within a week of completing this he had secured a job flying a Baron for Airspeed Aviation. Phil (right) is pictured here with his boss Ben Wyndham (left).

Cameron Hunter
Cam is from Melbourne. He completed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating in January 2019. In March 2019, he secured a job as a charter pilot with Territory Air Services in Darwin before moving to Hardy Aviation and then on to GoJet Airlines in the USA.

Tim Cuell
From Wagga Wagga NSW, Tim passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test in January 2019. Tim is now working for Airservices Australia in the ATC simulator.

Ed McWilliam Kerry
Ed is from Port Douglas QLD. He completed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests in January 2019. In April 2019, we were asked to become a feeder for Macquarie Air. We recommended Ed to the company, and he went on to fly PA31, C208 and a PAC750 aircraft with the company on freight operations. He now flies King Airs out of Toowoomba.

Andrew Scanes
Andrew completed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating in early January 2019. Andrew is now flying charter for Hardy Aviation in the NT.

Benny Argaet
Benny is from Brisbane, and passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test in January 2019. Benny is now flying for Katherine Aviation in the NT.

Brad Simmons
Brad, from Narromine NSW, passed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests in December 2018 & January 2019. Brad is now working for Matt Hall Racing at Lake Macquarie.

Jake Brumley
Jake Brumley is from the Gold Coast. He completed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests in early January 2019. He worked as a charter pilot (flying a Baron) & flight instructor at the Gold Coast.

Jonathan Sodeman
Jonathan, a Lismore local, completed his MEA Class Rating & Instrument Rating flight tests in December 2018. In February 2019 he started flying with Ayers Rock Scenic Flights, where he went straight into multi-engine charter in the Partenavia. In January 2020, he started as an FO on the Corporate Air Saab 340s. In 2023 he moved to Jetstar on the A320!

Beau Matthews
Beau completed his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests in November 2018. Beau went on to fly Caravans for Seair Pacific at the Gold Coast.

Warren Jean & Simba Stovell
Warren (left) from Melbourne & Simba (right) from Brisbane completed their MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests in November 2018. Simba went straight to a charter job at Cairns and then Horn Island, and now flies for REX. Warren is working as a flight instructor in Victoria.

Luke Wallace
Luke Wallace from Armidale – MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests passed 4/11/2018. Luke went on to fly ME-IFR charter in the NT.

Dave McMonagle
Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test passed 31/10/2018 by Dave McMonagle. Dave went on to fly a Chieftain on skydiving operations at the Gold Coast.

Daniel Morrissey
Daniel Morrissey from Sydney- MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests passed 26/10/2018.

Thomas Conditsis & Navishkar Nand
Thomas Conditsis (left) & Navishkar Nand (right), both from Sydney. Both passed their Multi-Engine Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests over the last couple of days in October. Shortly after completing his training, Thomas secured a job as a survey pilot. Nav works as a flight instructor at the Gold Coast.

Dave Hammelswang
Dave Hammelswang – MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests passed 30/9/2018. Dave is currently working as a station pilot in far north Queensland. In December 2019, he was upgraded to his company’s Citation jet.

Sam Mason
Sam Mason from Brisbane – MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests passed 29/9/2018. Sam then secured a job as a charter pilot in Exmouth, WA.

Ben Blades
Ben Blades from Toowoomba QLD – MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests passed on 16/8/18 & 17/8/18. Ben went on to fly a Chieftain for a private company at Toowoomba, before moving on to fly a King Air for Easternwell in mid 2019.

Aaron Hayward & Roland Dai
Aaron Hayward (left) & Roland Dai (right) – both passed their Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests in July 2018. Both came up from Sydney for their training. In early 2019, Roland was accepted into Cathay Pacific as a Second Officer on the B747-8F. Aaron is now flying a Baron on charter in the NT.

Kieran Struck & Tom Delvin
MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests passed by these two in July 2018. Kieren Struck (left) flew Islanders on charter out of Horn Island before moving to the US to fly regional jets, and Tom Devlin (right) went on to fly Chieftains and Caravans on freight for Macquarie Air before moving on to Hinterland Aviation. In 2023, Kieren returned to fly A320s for Jetstar.

Couper Gross & Sean Nieuwenhoven
Couper Gross (left) from Melbourne and Sean Nieuwenhoven (right) from the Gold Coast, pictured with Flight Examiner Pete Schott (centre). Couper passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 16/5/18, and Sean passed his Multi-Engine Class Rating flight test on the same day. Sean is now working as a charter pilot in the NT, and Couper is working as an instructor.

Pascal Cooney & Josh Cocks
Pascal Cooney (left) from Melbourne and Josh Cocks (right) from Sydney passed their Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 25/4/18 & 26/4/18 respectively! Josh also passed his Multi-Engine Class Rating flight test on 25/4/18. A week after completing his training with us, Pascal secured a multi-engine IFR job with Airspeed Aviation at Scone NSW, flying a Baron and then a Conquest. In June 2019 he moved to the USA to fly an ERJ145. Josh is now working as a flight instructor in Adelaide.

Tyler Allan
Tyler passed his MEA Class Rating flight test on 4/4/18, and Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 5/4/18. He now flies B737 for Ryanair in the UK.

Jason Glatzer & Brett Gordon-Brander
Jason (left) is from Perth & Brett (right) is from Toowoomba. Both passed their MEA Class Rating flight tests & their Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests in the third week of March 2018! Jason went on to fly charter in WA and then the NT, flying a C310. Brett went on to fly a Cessna Caravan & a PC12 for a private company out of Toowoomba, before moving into a King Air in early 2021.

Shaun Sutcliffe, Sarah Biddles & Dale Thatcher
Shaun (left) is a flight instructor from Melbourne and Dale (right) is a commercial pilot from Adelaide – both passed their MEA Class Rating tests on 26/2/18 & their Instrument Rating (MEA 2D 3D) flight tests on 27/2/18. Sarah is a local flight instructor, and completed her MEA Class Rating flight test on 27/2/18. Shaun continues to work as a flight instructor in Victoria, Dale works as a charter pilot in WA and Sarah flew for Australian Agricultural Co before returning to the Northern Rivers to operate her own flying school!

Suresh Katwal
Suresh is from Nepal! He completed his Multi-Engine Class Rating flight test on 26/1/18, and his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 29/1/18. Suresh subsequently secured a job with an airline in Nepal, and is now flying an ATR72 around the Himalayas.

Jake Al Shammary & Harry Hawkins
Jake is from Melbourne & Harry is from Sydney. Both completed their Multi-Engine Class Rating flight tests on 26/1/18, and their Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 27/1/18. Harry went on to fly charter in the NT, and now flies a Dash 8 for Skytrans. Jake works as an instructor in Victoria.

Sammy Kooznetzoff & Jock Robinson
Sammy travelled from Darwin and Jock travelled from Coffs Harbour to train with us. Both passed their Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests in the third week of December 2017. Jock also passed his Multi-Engine Class Rating test in early December, and both completed PXS endorsements on the P210 while they were here. Jock flew charter in the NT before moving to Qantaslink on the Dash 8, and Sammy is pursuing a career in the Army.

Nathan Kelly & Max Eliani
Nathan & Max travelled from Sydney to train with us. Both passed their Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight tests on 30/10/17. Nathan went on to fly a Cirrus IFR for a private company, before securing work as a flight instructor, and Max went on to fly Caravans on IFR operations in Indonesia.

Kurtis Blaker
Kurtis passed his Multi-Engine Class Rating flight test on 3/10/17, and then (in spite of an east coast trough!) passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 15/10/17!! Kurtis completed his CPL soon after, and then began working as a charter pilot at Derby, WA.

Liam Daff
Liam passed his Multi-Engine Class Rating flight test on 15/8/17, and then passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 28/8/17. Liam completed his Commercial Pilot Licence a few weeks later, before securing a job as a charter pilot at Broken Hill, flying a PA32, Partenavia & Baron. He then moved to Darwin to fly a C402 for Chartair, before heading to REX.

Adann Sadiki
Adann passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 28/8/17. Adann travelled from Sydney to train with us. He is now flying Saab 340s for REX.

Adam Capps
Adam passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 20/7/17. Adam took his new rating to Port Macquarie and then Mt Isa, and was flying P68, Chieftain & Caravans on IFR charter before starting with GAM on their Aero Commanders. In mid 2019, he started with Air Nauru on the B737. In 2023, he started with Qantas on the B737.

John Mulholland
John passed his Private Instrument Rating flight test on 2/7/17. John is a consultant radiologist, and plans to use his new rating to fly himself to clinics at locations such as Tamworth and Orange.

Marcus SH
Marcus passed his Multi-Engine Class Rating flight test on 12/6/17, and then passed his Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test on 15/6/17. Marcus came to us as the Chief Pilot of Major Blue Air in Botswana, Africa, where he had been flying Cessna Caravans. He is now flying as a Captain on Dash 8s in Papua New Guinea.

Tom Rippon
Multi-Engine Instrument Rating flight test passed by Tom on 16/5/17. On completion of his instrument rating, Tom was offered employment with FAST Aviation as line charter pilot. In February 2018, he started with QantasLink on the Dash 8-300. He is now flying the Q400 out of Cairns.

Nathan Laing
Private Instrument Rating flight test passed on 5/5/17. Nathan subsequently went on to complete his MEA Class Rating & Multi-Engine Instrument Rating with us in 2018. Nathan is a manager in the Harvey Norman corporate office.

Butch Walker
Private Instrument Rating flight test passed on 7/2/17. Butch manages an organic beef enterprise at Blackall QLD, and planned to use his rating to travel between properties and to cattle sales.