Aerobatics

Once you have completed your PPL, and if you would like to have even more fun with your flying, an aerobatic rating may be for you.

Aerobatic training at the Wakatipu Aero Club is in ZK-CRH, the club's Citabria. Provided a rating in this aircraft is already held the aerobatics rating typically takes 5-10 hours of flying to complete. The first 3 or 4 lessons are dual, and then alternate dual and solo.

Some of the flights have more than one lesson combined due to the shortness of the particular lesson.

After gaining the Aerobatic Rating, the pilot then is able to carry passengers on aerobatic flights.

A typical curriculum is as follows: