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Sydney Flight Training says goodbye to the Baron with a trip to New Zealand
SFT’s Peter Edwards and Kayla Bentley recently swapped their instructors’ hats for those of ferry pilots, while helping to transport the...


SFT Stories: Captain Mark Kelly and the Boeing 747 ‘Queen of the Skies’
After 36 years of navigating the skies as a Qantas pilot, my final flight with the Boeing 747, affectionately known as the 'Queen of the...


Catch up on our latest SFT Student Achievements
It has been another successful period for our SFT Students of whom we are all extremely proud. Congratulations to all of those who...


SFT Stories: Andrew Ricker - Back in the Air
In the latest SFT Story written by our students, we hear from Andrew Ricker, who describes his experience getting back in the air after a...


SouthPAN: The Next Big Leap in Satellite Navigation (Part 2) - by Andrew Andersen
SouthPAN will bring an evolution in satellite navigation for our region. In the second of two articles, Andrew Andersen, a passionate...


SFT Stories: Captain Mark Kelly and the DHC-4 Caribou
For those not already aware of his many and varied extra-curricular activities, Sydney Flight Training Instructor Mark Kelly is a...


SouthPAN: The Next Big Leap in Satellite Navigation (Part 1) - by Andrew Andersen
An evolution in satellite navigation for our region is on its way. In the first of two informative articles, Andrew Andersen, a passionate advocate for general aviation and expert in Australian surveillance and navigation technology policy, discusses how GPS works for us now and what the introduction of SouthPAN will mean for General Aviation in the future. The Next Big Leap in Satellite Navigation By Andrew Andersen It’s hard to believe, but 2024 is the 50th birthday of the


A Trio of First Solos for our SFT Students
A trio of first solos marks our recent student achievements at Sydney Flight Training. This is such a memorable and important milestone...


SFT Stories: Captain Mark Kelly and the F111C Fighter Jet
Mark Kelly, ex-RAAF, ex Qantas Captain and most importantly to us, current SFT mentor and instructor, has kindly dipped into his treasure...


Helping to Inspire the Next Generation of Aviators
Late last year, Sydney Flight Training joined forces with the newly re-established Royal Aero Club of NSW to provide them with a Part 141...


Recent Achievements at SFT
Sydney Flight Training students and instructors have enjoyed a high achieving end to 2023 and successful start to 2024. Milestones have...


SFT Stories: Peter Dugdale - A Return to Flying
In the first of our series of SFT Stories we hear from Peter Dugdale who describes the challenges of a return to flying after a 32-year...


SFT’s Mark Kelly & HARS Commemorate Pioneer Lawrence Hargrave
Mark Kelly, our experienced flight instructor and examiner, is not only part of the team at Sydney Flight Training, he also flies as a...


103 Years Young, the Royal Aero Club of New South Wales is Looking to the Future
Friday 10th November saw the 103rd birthday celebration of the Royal Aero Club of New South Wales. An appropriately 1920s themed night...


Our Latest SFT Student Achievements
It has been another successful few months for our Sydney Flight Training students, of whom we are all inordinately proud. Whether it is a...


SFT Saturday BBQs are back!
The news you have all been waiting for - John & Keith are back behind the BBQ! Due to the increased number of students and rentals coming...


We welcome some New Faces to SFT
The Spring has brought with it a few changes at Sydney Flight Training. Discover all the latest news right here. In the past few weeks we...


Flying Circuits at Bankstown Airport
Take a trip with Tom from Spruce Moose Aviation as he flies circuits at Bankstown Airport in Sydney Flight Training's VH-NFR.
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