China Southern West Australian Flying College

So what is China Southern Western Australian Flying College????

• It's an amalgamation between the West Australian Flying College and China Southern Airlines.

What does the college do????

• We train future pilots for China Southern Airlines. The college currently operates from two locations. Jandakot Airport in Perth and Merredin, both in Western Australia. The college owns the airport at Merredin (pictured below) and is undertaking a significant upgrade of the site including sealing the two runways. Current plans involve building a set of parallel runways, an aviation village to house the students and staff of the college as well as a complex for teaching aviation theory.

What does the airport look like?

August 1995 till May 1996

May 1996

What will the airport eventually look like ?

How many students are there at Merredin????

• There are currently two courses, comprising of seventy students. After approximately 100 hours flying they return to Jandakot for further training.

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• Here are six students from the first course at Merredin. They are: Huang Bing, Xu Tie Jun, Tang Wu, Cao Song He, Xiao Rui Sheng and Yang Shi Qiang.

What types of Aircraft do we use????

• For all training up to commercial standard (150 hours) we use Grob 115C2's. (The aircraft VH-BDZ, is pictured below) There are currently thirty six on line.

• The Grob is a German made aircraft. We originally had B models which were re-engined with 160 horsepower Lycomings replacing the original 115 horsepower engines. The B model has a fixed pitch propeller and fixed undercarriage. It cruises at 110 knots. (200 km/h)

What are the specifications of a G115C2????

• We are currently using G115C2's. These are slightly bigger than the B models and still only carry two people. The B and C models are made of glass fibre and reinforced plastic. The major difference between the B and the C model is a 180 horsepower Lycoming engine. The C model has a constant speed propeller and fixed undercarriage. It cruises at 125 knots (230 km/h) although the twelve new Grobs we have received since December cruise at 135 knots (245 km/h) due to some slipstreaming and improvements in the wing.

• • Fuel:
  • • 150 litres total capacity in two tanks - one situated in each wing.
    • Usage: 36 litres per hour.
    • Endurance of 3 hours 25 minutes + company required reserve of 45 minutes.

• • Airspeeds:
  • • Velocity Never Exceed (Vne): 160 Knots
    • Normal Operation (Vno): 134 Knots
    • Flap Extension Speed (Vfe): 112 Knots
    • Best rate of climb (Vy): 78 Knots
    • Best angle of climb (Vx): 65 Knots (with 15 degree flap)
    • Normal climb speed: 80 Knots (giving approx. 1000 feet/minute climb)
    • Best glide speed: 70 Knots

• • Weight Limits:
  • • Maximum take off and Maximum Landing weight (MTOW / MLW): 990kg

• • Maximum crosswind component:
  • • 20 Knots

• All the Grobs on line have been bought by the college as new aircraft.

For Multi engine and Instrument training we have four Cessna 310's and one Cessna Citation Jet. At the moment these are all based in Perth.

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