Royal Federation of Aero Clubs have scholarships up for offer.   Both scholarships are for the amount of $7700 to go towards your training. Scholarship 1 is for a beginner pilot with no flying experience to be assessed during a Trial Instructional Flight and scholarship 2 is for a Private Pilot who wishes to further…

Royal Newcastle Aero Club held it annual Wings Dinner Award night last Saturday the 4th of November at Maitland City Bowling Club. The night is used to recognize and celebrate our members achievements for the past 12 months. The flying achievements from the past year include; 10 First Solos 8 Recreational Pilot Licences 4 Private…

Leaving Maitland February 20, 2018 for 9 nights and 10 days. Check the itinerary below. Day 1 Merimbula Day 1 sees us depart Maitland for Merimbula on the beautiful Sapphire Coast. A chance to enjoy some beautiful coastal scenerie, good food, wine and comraderie and discuss tactics for the overwater crossing of Bass Strait with…

“WELL HASN’T IT BEEN A WONDERFUL TWO WEEKS!” said Greg Kennewell on standing to deliver thanks to RNAC Instructors James Rose and Georgia Morris on our last evening.  It certainly had been, judging from the round of applause from all around the table at the “Black Sombrero” in Lismore. As the menu said “not your…

Royal Newcastle Aero Club are running the next ‘Flight Without Fear’ course commencing October 15 and running for 6 weeks with the Graduation Flight to Brisbane on November 22. The course involves behind the scenes excursions to places the general public can only dream about, including the tour of a jet aircraft cockpit and cabin, and…

On the weekend of June 14 and 15, RNAC successfully hosted the NSW Rural Fire Services Aviation Training weekend. Activities ranged from classroom theory for aviation fire fighting operations to practical field training operations using the aircraft and helicopters. The RFS offer a great community service and appreciated the opportunity to make use of the excellent facilities at the Aero…

The RNAC Web Camera is available from our club home page, but did you know that you can go straight to the camera via a direct link? This link can be added to your favourites on your home PC or tablet. It can also be added to your Smart Phone for very quick access whilst…

Welcome to 2014 from the Team at Paul Bennet Airshows With many changes happening on our side of the field, we thought the members of the RNAC may like an update on the changes happening now and into the future. The first change that you must likely notice when arriving on field is the bold…

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