. Instrument training only.

I have got my license 2 on the sim, and enjoy flying it. Obviously there are some short comings and its not cheap, but who cares, its as close to the real thing that I will ever get.

Agreed, went on this sim a while ago and it's amazing. Much better than FE IMO. If you're willing to take a drive up to Katoomba it's well worth it. It's also cheaper; I received an hour flight for $140 (only a special though) and you feel many effects from wind-shear to touching down.

If it doesn't need to be a B737 that you want to fly, I can recommend the Sydney Jabiru flight training at Bankstown airport. They offer trial instructional flights. I haven't checked the current rates but about 2 years ago I did a one hour hands-on flight in their little 2 people propeller plane from Bankstown via Narrabean beach to Palm Beach and via Hornsby back to Bankstown airport. The price was a little more than $200. They also offer flight over the Blue Mountains ,etc.

I did the take-off, controlled the plane in the air and flew the approach. Only the final landing was made by the pilot.
I was allowed to take my camera with me and whenever I wanted to take pictures the pilot took over the control until I finished taking my pictures.

Before the flight I got some basic instructions about the instruments, how to trim the plane, etc. Before I only had little experience from flying in MS FlightSim and it was a really cool thing to fly a real plane. Far better than any simulator!

I did a few hours in this sim for some Instrument Flying practice sometime ago, in preparation for an airline interview. It was the best money I've spent, as the environment of this simulator and the tasks I practiced gave me confidence to when I fronted a simulator check for the interview.

Even if you go there for leisure, I highly recommend it either for yourself, or better still, as a gift to someone not so aviation inclined. They'll be raving about the experience for ages!

I tried it out in July of this year - was the first time I had tried a full cockpit simulator and it was fantastic. In addition, the staff there were courteous and friendly and are all real pilots, so for someone like me who isn't in the industry a rare opportunity to chat direct with someone in that vocation.

Being a tourist attraction, they also stock a decent selection of aviation merchandise from the Boeing store.

With the cost, at the time I got in on a cheaper deal for school holidays and there are some Christmas specials on now too.

Highly recommended!

HI all,

As a birthday present, completed a 30 min flight at the Jet Flight Simulator at Niddrie in Melbourne. As a static sim it was great fun. Departed from YMML 34, touch and go at YMAV for a ILS into YMML 27.

Brother in law did YMML 27 departure into YMMB 17L touch and go followed by 34 landing YMML.

Would thoroughly recommend to anyone with a spare coin.

Link to the site can be found Here