The Aerobatic Endorsement allows you to safely perform aerobatic manoeuvres while developing a deeper understanding of aircraft behaviour beyond normal flight operations. It builds on your existing flying skills and introduces you to the full flight envelope, where precision, coordination, and situational awareness become critical.
This endorsement is a natural progression for pilots looking to improve their handling skills, increase confidence, and gain greater control of the aircraft in all attitudes and conditions.
An Aerobatic Endorsement is required to conduct intentional manoeuvres involving abnormal aircraft attitudes, including loops, rolls, and other advanced flight sequences. Training focuses on both the technical execution of manoeuvres and the understanding of how the aircraft behaves when operating outside normal flight parameters.
It also reinforces recovery techniques and energy management, ensuring you can safely control the aircraft throughout each manoeuvre and return to stable flight.
The course is designed to progressively introduce aerobatic flight in a structured and controlled environment. You’ll develop an understanding of how control inputs, energy management, and aircraft configuration affect performance during aerobatic manoeuvres.
Training places a strong emphasis on smooth and accurate control, maintaining situational awareness, and recognising the limits of both the aircraft and the pilot. As your confidence builds, you’ll begin linking manoeuvres together while maintaining safe operating margins.
Flight training is conducted in an aircraft approved for aerobatic operations, allowing you to safely experience and practise manoeuvres under the guidance of an experienced instructor. Each lesson builds on the previous one, ensuring you develop both the skill and understanding required to operate confidently.
You’ll learn how to enter, perform, and recover from basic aerobatic manoeuvres such as loops, rolls and stall turns while maintaining control and awareness throughout. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to operate the aircraft safely within the aerobatic flight envelope.
Once you have finished your aerobatic endorsement, you can choose to conduct additional training to reduce the lower height limit of your aerobatics or learn more advanced aerobatic manoeuvres.
The Aerobatic Endorsement is suited to pilots who want to move beyond normal flight operations and develop a higher level of aircraft control. It’s ideal for those looking to improve precision, coordination, and confidence when operating the aircraft in unusual attitudes or at the edges of the flight envelope.
It’s particularly valuable for pilots progressing through their training, those interested in advanced aircraft handling, or anyone focused on improving overall flight safety. By developing a deeper understanding of how an aircraft behaves outside standard flight conditions, this endorsement builds skills that translate directly into more confident and capable flying.
To undertake the Aerobatic Endorsement, you must hold at least a Recreational Pilot Licence (RPL) or higher and have demonstrated a strong standard of general aircraft handling.
A spinning endorsement is required prior to the completion of your aerobatic training, this training can be combined with the aerobatic training.
A class 1 or 2 medical is required to conduct aerobatic operations. A Basic Class 2 or a Class 5 is not allowed.
All pricing and time estimates are indicative only and based on the average hours required to achieve competency. As this is a competency-based course, the actual time and cost will vary depending on individual progress. Any additional training required will be charged at the applicable aircraft and instructor rates.
| Component | Approximate Cost |
|---|---|
| Aerobatic Endorsement | $3,600 |
| Training is conducted in the CT4 and is typically based on an average of 6 hours of flight time plus associated briefings. Training may also be conducted in a Cessna 150 for pilots weighing under 90 kg. Use of the CT4 requires the pilot to hold a Manual Propeller Pitch Control (MPPC) endorsement. If you do not already hold this endorsement, additional training and associated costs will apply. A check flight may also be required to meet competency requirements before commencing training in the CT4. | |
Adding an Aerobatic Endorsement strengthens your overall flying ability and gives you a deeper understanding of how an aircraft performs at the limits of its envelope. It improves coordination, energy management, and decision-making, all of which translate directly into safer and more confident flying.
For many pilots, it’s one of the most rewarding and engaging forms of flight training, combining skill development with a completely new perspective on aircraft performance.
The Aerobatic Endorsement is more than just learning manoeuvres — it’s about developing control, awareness, and confidence in all flight conditions. It prepares you for more advanced training while significantly improving your overall flying standard.
Our instructors will guide you through each stage of the training, ensuring you build the skills required to safely and confidently operate within the aerobatic environment.
Start your Aerobatic Endorsement and develop the skills to fly with greater precision, confidence, and control in all attitudes. Train with experienced instructors in a structured, safety-focused environment as you build advanced handling skills and a deeper understanding of aircraft performance. Speak with our team today to discuss your experience, training options, and how to get started.
Yes, a spinning endorsement is required before completing the aerobatic training. Generally, we commence the spin training before aerobatic training, as it provides essential knowledge and recovery skills.
Training duration varies depending on experience, but most pilots complete the endorsement over several flights as skills develop progressively.
Initially, training typically includes manoeuvres such as loops, rolls and stall turns.
Yes, all training is conducted in approved aircraft with experienced instructors, following strict safety procedures.
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