Introductory flying · Discovery flight
Trial Introductory Flight (TIF)
Royal Aero Club of New South Wales (RACNSW) · Camden Airport, Camden · Australia
This is an introductory experience
At a glance
- Training category
- Introductory flying
- Aircraft category
- Fixed-wing (aeroplane)
- Prepares for
- No qualification (experience or skills course)
- Jurisdiction
- Australia
- Authority
- Not published
- Training framework
- Not stated
- Training base
- Camden Airport
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Schedule not stated
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- Pre-flight briefing and a flight from Camden with an instructor; three packages of 36, 60 and 90 minutes.
- Completion provides
- Experience flight; may be logged as flight time when conducted as a training flight with an instructor
- 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
- 13 (as published)
- Prerequisites
- At least 13 years old
- 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
AUD 250Discovery-flight priceprice date 16 October 2026
One short introductory flight. Not comparable with course prices.
Taster package, 36 VDO / flight time; price shown on page without stated inclusions
- 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
AUD 350Discovery-flight priceprice date 16 October 2026
One short introductory flight. Not comparable with course prices.
Blue Mountains package, 60 VDO / flight time; price shown on page without stated inclusions
- 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
AUD 550Discovery-flight priceprice date 16 October 2026
One short introductory flight. Not comparable with course prices.
Northern Beaches package, 90 VDO / flight time; price shown on page without stated inclusions
- 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
Stated by the schoolCASACASA Part 141 flight trainingApproval
Reference: CASA.141 FTO.0433
Scope: Flight training under Part 141 approval; scope of ratings not stated on the page; approval number shown in site footer
Verified in authority recordCASACASA Part 141 flight trainingCertificate
Reference: CASA.141 FTO.0433
Scope: Certificate holder listed as 'ROYAL AERO CLUB OF NSW INCORPORATED' in CASA's Find a flight training operator register; flight training categories not read
A record for the school does not necessarily cover this specific course; the scope is shown where the source states it.