July 2026 intake now open.
July 2026 intake now open.
Small intake. CASA-approved examiners on campus. Cowra, NSW.
4.9 Star Student Experience
Not because we pressure them. Because when they see the campus, meet the instructors and watch a class in progress, the decision tends to make itself.
This page gives you what you need to decide whether a visit is worth your time.
Most flight schools bury their fees or quote CASA minimums that bear no resemblance to what you will actually pay. We do not.
AVI50222 Diploma of Aviation (Commercial Pilot Licence) plus AVI50519 Diploma of Aviation (Instrument Rating)
What you leave with: A commercial pilot licence and a multi-engine instrument rating on a Beechcraft Duchess or Baron. The minimum qualification most charter and airline cadetship programmes require before they will interview you.
Subject to eligibility. See studyassist.gov.au for conditions.
AVI50222 plus AVI50519 plus AVI50419 (adds the Flight Instructor Rating)
What you leave with: Everything in Charter Ready, plus a flight instructor rating. The most effective way to build hours fast after graduation while staying employed in aviation. Airlines specifically value the check-and-training pathway this opens.
Subject to eligibility. See studyassist.gov.au for conditions.
The instrument rating is what makes you genuinely employable. A CPL without an IR limits you to single-engine VFR work. Most charter companies and all airlines require it. Both programmes include it from the start.
Talk to us. We’ll help you work out the right fit honestly.
Other schools will quote you $80,000 for a CPL. That is a CASA minimum fee on a Cessna 150 at a pay-as-you-go school in Sydney. It does not include an instrument rating. It does not include structured theory classes. It takes two to three years part-time. And you will spend most of that time waiting on Sydney weather.
Your lessons are scheduled ahead of time. You are not calling in each week to see if there is a slot. You arrive with a programme that has a start date and a finish date.
Fly Oz deliberately caps intake size. The students who fall through the cracks at large schools are the ones who needed one more conversation with their instructor and never got it.
Both Mark Dixon and Lyn Gray are CASA-approved examiners. Your flight test happens at Fly Oz, on aircraft you know, with an examiner who has watched you develop. Your theory exams are at the Orange exam centre, a short drive away.
Three things about the people teaching here.
Every instructor at Fly Oz was once a student here. They went through this programme, they were good enough to stay, and they came back to teach it. When you tell them training is hard, they know exactly what you mean and exactly what to do about it.
Lyn Gray, Head of Operations, was named the Royal Aeronautical Society’s Flight Instructor of the Year in 2018. The Royal Aeronautical Society is not a local association. That award is given once. In 2018, it went to the person running this school.
These are not testimonials. They are verifiable facts. You are welcome to check every one of them.
Cessna 206 and Piper Warrior
Beechcraft Duchess or Beechcraft Baron
It is one of the most common charter aircraft operating in Australia. When employers look at your logbook, the Baron is a type they recognise and value. Students choose either the Duchess or the Baron for their instrument rating.
Three steps before you begin training.
You need to be 18 or older to hold a CPL. You need to be able to obtain a CASA Class 1 Aviation Medical Certificate. There is no mandatory Year 12 requirement for entry, though most airlines prefer it when hiring. If you have any doubt about the medical, see a CASA-approved aviation medical examiner early. It is a straightforward assessment and glasses or contact lenses are not a barrier.
A campus visit takes 30 to 40 minutes.
You will walk through the facility, see the fleet on the apron, sit in on a briefing if one is running and talk to the people who will be teaching you. If you come on a Friday morning, there is usually a student barbecue on and the campus is at its most active.
There is no sales pitch at the end of a visit. If Fly Oz is right for you, you will know. If it is not, you will know that too—and you will have saved yourself from making a costly mistake.
Small intake. CASA-approved examiners on campus. Cowra, NSW.
