Big runway and no planes

[Craig Welsh]

Hi I have a small dilemma have a gravel runway on 1 million acres in Broome wa area My questions are can i fly from this runway and which licence could get me in the air quickly. As no flying schools are near me for 250 km away looking forward to any feedback regards craig

 

 

[APenNameAndThatA]

I am in the process of getting my licence, so am not an expert. Your best bet might be getting the flying school to come to you for your weekly lesson in whatever they teach in. Whatever they teach in will get you in the air the quickest, be it a GA aircraft and PPL, or a RAAus aircraft and certificate.

 

 

[Kyle Communications]

Yes find a instructor with his own aircraft and get him there staying for a week at a time. Concentrated training is a good way it just depends if you can afford it

 

 

[Kyle Communications]

My instructor specialises in doing this but its a long way from the sunshine coast to Broome in a Savannah...although he has ferried a couple over to WA from here. He does a lot of this out in western qld

 

Bill Grieve at Aeroskill...He is a good instructor as well

 

 

[old man emu]

To answer the first part of your question, here is CASA's advice

 

Guidelines for aeroplane landing area - Civil Aviation Safety Authority

 

https://www.casa.gov.au/file/105066/download?token=aMdVb6EO

 

If you can build a strip that meets the specs in that document, then, go fly!

 

As for which licence would get you into the air quickly, you would probably find that a PPL and an RAAus certificate take about the same number of flying hours. Which one you choose depends on the type of plane you decide to buy. I would suggest that being out in the donga in the middle of a million acres, an RAAus registered plane would make maintaining a plane easier.

 

If you want to get your licence in a hurry, then come South in the Wet for a month to six weeks and get stuck into training full time.

 

 

[Craig Welsh]

Thanks for your assitence Sorry muster time and cattle wait for no man