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ORION
Flight training & charter · Perth, WA

The sky over Western Australia,
flown well.

Boutique flight training and charter from Jandakot. Trial flights, RPL through CPL, multi-engine, and charter across WA. Owner-led, properly maintained, honestly priced.

The Orion difference

Three things you can verify
before you fly with us.

01

Owner-led

The chief pilot answers the phone. Standards are set by the people who fly with you.

6,800+ hours · CFI Grade 1
02

Real fleet

Three aircraft maintained on a 100-hourly cycle. Not a brokered timeshare.

C172 · PA-28 · Baron B58
03

WA-built

Routes, weather, and fuel stops we know personally. Yes, including the Kimberley.

YPJT · Jandakot · 6164
Pathways

From an hour in the cockpit to a commercial licence — the same flight plan.

Most students start with a trial flight, then build through the RPL and PPL while deciding whether to go commercial. The path is well-trodden; we just walk it with you carefully.

  1. TIF

    Trial flight

    1 hrs typical · 1 hour

    One hour. Hands on the controls. The first decision in the rest of a pilot's life.

  2. RPL

    RPL

    35 hrs typical · 3–6 months

    The first licence. Local flying, day VFR, single-engine piston.

  3. PPL

    PPL

    55 hrs typical · 6–12 months

    The licence most pilots actually use. Fly anywhere in Australia, day VFR.

  4. CPL

    CPL

    200 hrs typical · 12–24 months

    The licence that turns flying into a career.

  5. IR/ME

    IR / Multi

    60 hrs typical · 3–6 months

    All-weather flying. The step before airline.

Charter

Where in WA do you need to be?

We fly small groups across Western Australia from Jandakot. Mining and corporate shift-change runs to the Goldfields and the Pilbara. Wine-country weekends to Margaret River. Long single-day returns to Esperance and Exmouth in the Baron.

YPJT → YPKG · 02:24 · Baron B58

Jandakot to Kalgoorlie. Standard charter run.

From the hangar

The journal

22 APR 2026TRAINING

First-solo season

Five students ahead of the cycle this term. A note on what stable winds do to a training program.

4 MIN READ · CFI
14 MAR 2026FLEET

VH-ORA on the line

The Baron is in. A few notes on multi-engine training in the Perth Basin, and what we're charging.

6 MIN READ · OPERATIONS
08 FEB 2026CHARTER

Charter notes from a Kimberley run

Two days, four legs, a fuel stop at Newman, and a mining client who needed to be back for a Tuesday board meeting.

8 MIN READ · SENIOR INSTRUCTOR