About Aviation Theory Centre

The Aviation Theory Centre (ATC) is a family owned business, totally Australian, that was developed to provide the highest quality training and reference media for pilots - to all licence levels.

The company has been in existence for over twenty years and has always resided in Melbourne. ATC researches, authors, illustrates, and edits all of its own material.

In addition to the Australian series of manuals, ATC prepares books for publication in the US and UK. ATC has its own core of permanent staff and has establishes a network of instructors who advise critique and edit the drafts.

For the Australian market, ATC also imports and distributes UK and US publications and products to pilot’s shops, universities and flying schools throughout the General Aviation (GA) and education industry.

The Aviation Theory Centre was awarded a contract to develop a library of reference texts for aircrew of the Australian Defence Force (Army, Navy and Air Force). These manuals will be four-colour and will be available as hard copy and electronic books. The set of manuals is called the Professional ADF Aviators’ Reference Manual (PAARM).