Introductory flying · Trial lesson
Trial flight (30 minutes)
Auckland Helicopters (Advanced Flight) · Auckland Heliport, Onehunga · New Zealand
This is an introductory experience
At a glance
- Training category
- Introductory flying
- Aircraft category
- Helicopter
- Prepares for
- No qualification (experience or skills course)
- Jurisdiction
- New Zealand
- Authority
- CAA NZ
- Training framework
- Not stated
- Training base
- Auckland Heliport
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Schedule not stated
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- Briefing on the basics of flying, then taking turns on the controls of a Guimbal Cabri G2 over Auckland.
- Completion provides
- Experience flight
- Still required
- Not stated by the school. Check the authority's requirements.
- Approval scope
- The source does not say how this course relates to the school's approval.
A course completion certificate is not necessarily a pilot licence or rating. The licensing authority issues licences and ratings after its own requirements are met.
Entry requirements
- Minimum age
- Not published
- Prerequisites
- Not published
- Prior qualifications
- Not published
- Required experience
- Not published
- Language requirements
- Not published
- Medical
- Not stated by the school
Only an official aeromedical assessment can establish medical fitness. This site does not decide eligibility.
Duration and hours
These figures answer different questions and must not be read as one another. Weather, aircraft availability, student progress, examinations and scheduling all affect real completion time.
Regulatory minimum
Not recorded for this program.
Advertised package hours
Not published.
School-reported typical completion
Not published. No typical completion time is estimated here.
- Calendar duration
- Not published
- Intake / booking
- Not published
Published prices
NZD 420Discovery-flight priceprice date 16 October 2026
One short introductory flight. Not comparable with course prices.
30-minute flight; currency not named on page (NZ business)
- Aircraft:
- Guimbal Cabri G2
- Ground instruction:
- Not stated
- Simulator time:
- Not stated
- Fuel:
- Not stated
- Rental basis:
- Not stated
- Taxes:
- Not stated
- Landing fees:
- Not stated
- Examinations:
- Not stated
- Medical examination:
- Not stated
- Equipment:
- Not stated
- Accommodation:
- Not stated
Prices are shown in the original currency on the date given and are not converted. Hourly rates and package prices answer different questions and are not compared here. Check the school for current prices.
- Deposit and cancellation
- Not published
Authority records for this school and base
Not verifiedCAA NZCAA NZ Part 141 aviation training organisationCertificate
Scope: Listed by name in the CAA NZ list of Part 141 certificated organisations (client name and address only; certificate number and scope not published on the list)
Flagged for review.
A record for the school does not necessarily cover this specific course; the scope is shown where the source states it.