Singapore Flying College
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| Founded | 1988 |
| Headquarters | Seletar Airport, Singapore |
| Other Training Facilities | Jandakot Airport, Australia |
| Field | Ab Initio training |
| Chairman | Mak Swee Wah |
| Website | www.sfcpl.com |
The Singapore Flying College (Abbreviation: SFC) is a flight school based in Singapore. Established in 1988 under the Singapore Airlines Group, it is the training school for ab-initio cadet pilots with Singapore Airlines, SilkAir and Singapore Airlines Cargo.
The SFC headquarters is located at Seletar, Singapore, in close proximity to Seletar Airport and is where the ground school phase of the training, as well as aptitude flight testing is conducted. On successful completion, cadets subsequently do the rest of the CPL/IR training at SFC's other training facility at Jandakot Airport in Perth, Western Australia
Singapore Flying College operated a third training centre at Sunshine Coast Airport, Maroochydore. However, due to changes in pilot training curriculum, it was shut down in March 2014 after operating for twelve years.
The Singapore Flying College fleet consists of the following aircraft:
Currently, SFC are in the process of relocating all aircraft from Singapore to Jandakot, Western Australia. The college General Manager fly from Singapore to Australia every month aboard Singapore Airlines. a mix of analogue as well as EFIS-equipped Cessna 172s for primary flight training and the Beechcraft Baron for the multi-engine phase.
Historically, SFC used to operate Cessna 152 aircraft out of Seletar Airport. These were phased out by April 2010 and replaced by the Cessna 172. In Jandakot, cadets used to fly the Beechcraft Bonanza as an interim trainer between the Cessna 172 and Beechcraft Baron phases.
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