As the plane touched down at Cooma Airfield excited cheers and claps were barely audible above nine-year-old Oliver Ward’s cry of “chock the wheels.”

Squadron leader Angus Porter made sure the wheels were well and truly “chocked” before he spoke to the students about the Royal Australian Air Force’s Challenger CL-604 aircraft.

The students were then allowed on board to inspect the plane including the cockpit and ask questions of the pilots and crew.

To keep things interesting they were asked if they wanted to be the PM, Governor General, Pilot, Co-Pilot or Captain and were seated accordingly.

Locky Vlahos was interested to know all about the comfortable leather seats on the plane that can take up to nine passengers on board domestic flights.

Locky discovered that the seats not only move but also turn around and spin.

The cockpit proved a favourite among the students, Kiana Swain asked about the screens used by the pilots when flying the plane.

“They have TV screens where they can see the mountains and if there’s rain they can dodge it so it’s a smooth flight,” she said.

Overall the PM’s plane rated highly among the primary school children and coincided with a training exercise for Pilot Officer Cameron Grealy.

Year six student Kenzi Huszar-Oakley thanked the crew for their visit and said she loved being the PM for the day.