Welcome
Darling Downs Aero Club is located at the Toowoomba Airport, just 130km from the coast, and is a comfortable 90 minute drive from the state capital, Brisbane. Toowoomba is the ideal location to commence and complete your training.
Win $6000 towards your flying
So you want to learn to fly? What is the first step? A Trial Introductory Flight is a great way to find out if flying is for you, a friend, or a loved one and you can win $6000 towards your training!
A fully qualified Flight Instructor will walk you around the basics of how an aircraft flies, and how we control one. You and your instructor will then climb aboard, you will assist with Taxi, Take-off, and learn the basics of piloting an aircraft while seeing Toowoomba from a new prospective.
You will then assist your instructor with the return too Toowoomba Airport and the landing! Does this sound like the sort of thing you would be interested in? Click here for more information
Advantages to joining Darling Downs Aero Club
There are many advantages to undertaking your pilot training at Toowoomba:
- Uncluttered airspace, which guarantees more time in the air instead of on the ground waiting for take off, uncontrolled airspace means low flying costs.
- Toowoomba is located close to various types of control zones found at Oakey, Brisbane, Archerfield, Maroochydore and Coolangatta. This will achieve the most efficient use of every hour in the air.
Club Event Calendar
The latest event calendar is available for viewing online, check back often for any changes! Click here to view it.