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Plane Crazy Down Under podcast releases their Flight Experience interviews

During our recent Facebook Fan Open Night we had Steve & Grant from the Plane Crazy Down Under Podcast with us to fly the simulator and interview people. They managed to record some great material and it’s been included in their latest episode along with an interview with Matt Hall, Australia’s Red Bull Air Racer.

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Lots of Fun at our Facebook Fan Page Simulator Session

At the end of January, we opened up our simulator to our Facebook fans able to get to Melbourne CBD for the duration of the open night. In addition to flights in the simulator, the event featured drinks, nibbles, instructors to chat with and the guys from the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast who were interviewing attendees.


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Denis Walter flies to Geelong

Radio 3AWDenis Walter of radio station 3AW came to our simulator and had a great time flying around Melbourne and Geelong with Check Captain Carlo, then went to Hong Kong to attempt the challenging landing at old Kai Tak.

Check out the video showing excerpts from the cockpit camera available on Denis’ section of the 3AW website.

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FaceBook Fan Page Open Night at our Flight Simulator

Check out our Facebook Fan Page We’re having an open night for some of our Facebook fans!

It’s from 6pm to 10pm on January 27th and will be held at our flight simulator in the QV building here in Melbourne. We’ll be providing soft drinks & nibbles and 20 lucky people will get a free 10 minute session in the simulator.


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Kai Tak: the Final Flights

The crew from Just Planes Videos spent some time at Kai Tak filming the aircraft coming & going, including the famous approach to Runway 13. They were also present for the last day of Kai Tak’s operation, capturing the final movements at one of the world’s most famous airports.


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Buy Flight Vouchers for Christmas

Christmas is almost on us and, if you’re like many people, you’ve still got a few presents to buy and your stress levels are inching up as time runs out. So don’t be like everyone else, get a present that’s unique and very distinctive: buy a Flight Experience voucher.

You can call us on 03 9650 0737 or visit us at our simulator in Melbourne city. Vouchers are available for all our Flight Packages, allowing you to tailor your spend to match your funds available.

If you order your voucher before 10:30am, we can give you same day delivery if you want. You’d better get in quick, though, as Christmas is certainly not far away now.

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Radio 3AW live from our Simulator all day on the 10th

3AW LogoThe team from Radio 3AW will be broadcasting live from our simulator on December 10th . Throughout the day the station will be performing live cross overs to their staff who will be interviewing our instructors and customers. There will also be some give-aways and one of our competitions will be drawn live on air.

If you’re in Melbourne you can listen to 3AW on AM693, otherwise you can listen live from their website.

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Helping QANTAS pilots share the experience

Have you ever wanted to take your family up to the cockpit and show them what it’s like? Believe it or not, many airline pilots want to do the same thing but cannot.

Due to the many security measures introduced over the past few years, pilots are unable to take their family members into “the office” so they can experience flying a commercial jet airliner.


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Extended Opening Hours at Flight Experience Melbourne

Due to the high level of demand for sessions in our 737 Flight Simulator, we have extended the hours of operation at Flight Experience Melbourne in the QV building. During the months of October & November, you can now book your flights within the following times:

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 9am to 9pm
Wednesday 9am to 6pm
Saturday & Sunday 9am to 6pm
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What's in our Simulator?

Our cockpit from a different angle

Our cockpit from a different angle

Our simulator is a fixed base glass cockpit synthetic Flight Training Device (FTD) modelled on the Boeing 737-800NG. It has been certified as a Synthetic Flight Trainer (SFT) to Category B under the FSD2 regulations by both the Civil Aviation Authority in New Zealand and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority in Australia.

We’re sure you’ll agree that this system provides an excellent platform for an introduction to jet flying and the glass cockpit environment.


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