So you’ve got your Recreational Pilot Licence (RPL) – HOORAY – but what can you actually DO with it? Well, you can hire a Foxbat and take it for a spin within 25 nautical miles of departure airport with a pal. But where to go? What to see? TOP 10 PLACES to See with your Recreational Pilot Licence In this […]
Klemen Wong is a Licensed Aircraft Engineer Trainee from Hong Kong. Klemen recently applied to the Airlines, but fell short on the practical flight training requirements. Klemen enrolled with Soar Aviation in Melbourne for two weeks to complete the initial stages of his flight training. Klemen hopes to reapply to the Airlines with his improved experience and proven dedication to the […]
This post is the beginning of a regular series of updates about Soar Aviation from yours truly, Neel Khokhani. I’ll try not to bore you with my enthusiasm – I’ve been told I’m like a parent rabbiting on about their newborn baby – but I do want to talk about some very important issues ahead. First up, I want to […]
Is the Foxbat a safe plane to fly? Difficult though I find it, this is meant to be a reasonably objective description of the Foxbat’s safety characteristics – of which there are two main aspects: primary and secondary safety. ‘Primary’ safety is the way the aircraft is designed to reduce the likelihood of an incident or accident happening in the […]
With a change of seasons comes a change of thinking about the weather that we will now be flying in. While we had a relatively mild summer that only saw a few very hot days, some turbulence and occasional low cloud; winter weather brings about a new set of challenges to flying safely. The hours of daylight are reduced, winds […]
There are many, many reasons why people who have a genuine interest in learning to fly don’t pursue it, but a few reasons are more common than others. If you have a real passion to learn, achieving starts with believing. We endeavour to help more people enter aviation by trying to combat these 3 (often very scalable) walls! This is by far […]
3.5 days, 1600 Nautical Miles, 22.0 hours of flight, 6 fuel stops Day 1: Arrived at Perth Airport to a balmy 35 degrees and rising! Straight to York, the last major town before a 700odd km pilgrimage to the mining town of Kalgoorlie. The aircraft was located on White Gums airstrip, a bush flying club where one runway run up […]
I must admit, having been a Travel Agent for several years prior to working at Soar Aviation, I thought I was all over aeroplanes and Piloting – the whole shebang. Within my first few days at Soar, I realised this was definitely not the case though. Upon learning this, the obvious course of action was to panic and wonder how on earth I’d […]
First off – are you eligible? Don’t waste time chasing your Pilot shadow if you can’t hit these marks. The following are necessities when looking to get into the airlines, so if you can’t qualify, no dice unfortunately. You’ll need to: Have a high standard of English language skills: you can complete an English language assessment (ICAO level 5) if […]
In the Star Wars movie The Empire Strikes Back, wise old Yoda says, “Try not. Do or do not. There is no try.” Think about that thought. There is no try. You either do something, or you do not. I can relate this saying to all the budding pilots who say that they always wanted to be a pilot and they […]