Helicopter Pilot Training
Have you dreamed of taking to the skies?
Kick start your helicopter pilot training with lessons at Australian Helicopter Pilot School. One of Australia’s leading pilot training facilities
with three modern training schools.
Our Training Centres:
Introductory Trial Flight
Intermediate Trial Flight
Flight Discovery Experience
Kick-start your helicopter pilot career!
- Learn about safety principles and flying techniques
- Pre-flight inspection checks
- 30 minutes of flight time
- Opportunity to handle helicopter controls
From:
$350.00
An Introductory Trial Flight is a great introduction to the joys of learning to fly a helicopter. You don’t require any previous experience and will be in safe hands with our highly-trained and experienced flight instructors.
Step up to the next level of pilot training!
- Learn about safety principles and flying techniques
- Pre-flight inspection checks
- 60 minutes of flight time
- Opportunity to handle helicopter controls
- Learn to maintain a steady flight path and change direction mid-flight
- Logged as flight time towards your pilot licence
From:
$495.00
This is the step up from our trial introductory flight as it includes 60 minutes of flight time with additional time with our highly experienced instructors.
Get a head start with an flight discovery experience
- One-on-one classroom briefing
- Learn about safety principles and flying techniques
- Pre-flight inspection checks
- In-cockpit explanation of airport procedures
- 120 minutes of flight time (2 x sessions of 60 minutes)
- Opportunity to handle helicopter controls
- Learn to maintain a steady flight path and change direction mid-flight
- Logged as flight time towards your pilot licence
From:
$980.00
If you are serious about getting your pilot licence and would like to experience a longer, more intensive helicopter flight, join us on a Flight Discovery Experience.
Redeem a voucher
If you have a voucher for one of our a trial flights from one of our partners, you can book a time online.
Don’t just take our word for it, read what our customers have to say about their experience with Australian Helicopter Pilot School.
The sky's the limit!
A helicopter pilots licence opens career opportunities like:
- Aerial stock mustering
- Aerial photography and filming
- Helicopter search and rescue (SAR)
- Scenic joyflights / tourism industry
- Corporate flights / charter services
- Powerline surveys
- Marine pilot transfers
- Police air work
- Helicopter emergency medical service
- Flight instruction
- Agricultural crop spraying
- Media, news and traffic reporting
- Bushfire fighting
- Offshore (Oil Industry) services

Helicopter Pilot Training Process
Find out what steps are involved in obtaining your Commercial (CPL) or Private Licence (PPL) with our simple infographic.
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