Aviation

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The best thing about being a pilot, I think is, is the view and the freedom.

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You're up there, the view's amazing, you're in your little chair in the air, and no day is like the other.

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The aircraft that the students all fly initially are the Cessna 172, which is a single engine fixed undercarriage aircraft that you see behind us.

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There's the pre solo, so they'll start in the circuit or doing basic manoeuvres and then into the circuit where they'll do their first solo at about 11 or 12 hours.

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Then I'll move on to their private licence which essentially is just learning how to navigate and they can go do multiple cross country flights dual and solo across Vic.

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Advice I'd give for an aspiring pilot would be to be prepared for some hard work.

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There's a lot of training involved, there's a lot of study involved, more than you might think.

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But at the end of the day, if you stick with it, the rewards are there.

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My advice to aspiring pilots is if aviation and flying is something that you keep coming back to and it's, you know, always sticking in the back of your mind is something that you want to do, you should give it a go.

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That is very, very rewarding and I'm grateful every day that I get to do this.

It’s an experience that really can’t be replicated

Sliding into the pilot’s seat for the first time. The crackle and hum of the cockpit’s intercom

Reviewing the flight plan one final time, before kicking the tires, lighting the fires and feeling the plane peel away from the earth.

The temperature dropping as you climb

Watching homes, rivers and highways shrink from view until you’re up among the clouds.

It’s anything but your standard nine­-to­-five, flying.

Whether it’s a long-haul over the red deserts of central Australia, or landing a ski plane on an Alaskan glacier, flying up opens a world of opportunities. 

If you’re lucky, you’ll catch a glimpse of the earth’s shadow at dusk, as the sun sets in the opposite direction...while you navigate the rivers of wind in the sky

And catch a tailwind that speeds you towards your destination. 

So, are you ready to take on what’s next in aviation?

Then step on to the tarmac and launch your career with RMIT.