There are on the other hand many flight schools that are concerned about their students and are willing to work with students to get them licensed in a cost effective manner. You just have to find them. You need to look into this. Other factors that have to do with the flight instructor is their aviation game-plan. If you have an instructor that is just trying to get to the magic hiring number for an airline, your flight training will be compromised and you can plan on spending a lot more money.
I have always told students to do what is best for them. All of the courses out there cover the same material taken from the official FAA publications. The material that is used for your practical test is the FAA publications. Once again depending on where you are in the world, this price can vary a lot. A few of these factors put together can make the difference between a happy safe confident Private Pilot and a frustrated student pilot. If you are on a tight budget and have been saving for a long time, these factors will make a difference.
Planning this out is the most important thing you can do. In order to pass the Private Pilot License flight test you need to be proficient. Some Places you might finish in considerably less. Planning on hours is realistic but remember the national average is around 75 hours. Unlike most AZ flight schools, we also offer add-ons such as tailwheel or complex aircraft endorsements.
We provide military aviation prep courses for those interested in joining the armed forces as a pilot, courses for family members, solo courses, ground-school classes, and simulator training. Our FBO and maintenance services are equally comprehensive. Classic Air Aviation offers a streamlined curriculum for students seeking flight training from certified flight instructors who are more than qualified to help pass on their knowledge as seasoned pilots.
From ground school to flight training, CAA has implemented a training program that can help pilots receive the experience they need and hone their skills. Our syllabus-based flight school is committed to helping you get the proper certifications, license, and training you need to get you in the air. With a variety of programs and training available, we also offer fast track programs from accomplished flight instructors who can flexibly apply our streamlined syllabus for students in every program.
Contact our Arizona flight school today to learn more. We are small enough to know all our students and customers by their first names, which enables us to provide a friendly, personal experience to each of them. Unlike some of the large flight schools, we treat each student as an individual and tailor their training to meet their specific needs and goals. On the other hand, Classic Air Aviation is big enough to offer a full range of certification and rating courses.
We have spacious, professional-grade training and maintenance facilities, with a fleet of aircraft to keep our students moving through their programs, as well as a comprehensive range of small-aircraft ground services.
The greatest part about our flight training programs is that they can be paid for at the completion of each flight lesson. The total cost of a program does not need to be paid for up front.
What are you waiting for? New pilots and seasoned pilots will have no problem finding a favorite with multiple options to choose from.
There is no such thing as a semester start date! Self paced programs and fast track programs are designed with the pilots schedule in mind.
Programs are available for the pleasure business flyer obtaining a private pilot license or students looking to complete the entire course to become an airline pilot. All the mechanics, dispatch staff, detailers, line staff, and flight instructors are amazing people to work with.
CAA has a facility that makes you feel at home, a staff that really cares and knows everyone on a first name basis. Hunter M. I had my bi-annual review with them and got checked out in a C at the same time. While we're a smaller school, or perhaps because we are, we can give very personalized and tailored tuition that fits both your lifestyle and budget. We believe that flight training should not only be rewarding, but fun as well.
To help make your pilot training a great experience, we have both male and female, younger and older instructors. We're definitely not a pilot-mill.
We take pride in providing individual, custom flight training to all our pilots. And while we complete some classroom instruction, we find that full-time ground school flight instruction doesn't necessarily suit everyone's schedule. So we have all students enroll in online ground school which gives the flexibility to learn wherever and whenever, providing there's an internet connection.
This is a great question, and is one of the questions we answer in our learn to fly FAQs page. We'd be happy to talk more about the factors affecting flight training costs, for private pilot license through to our multi engine time building. Ready to start your flight training, or want to know more? Give us a call, or complete a quick contact. What is the difference between training under Part 61 v Part ? She fixed my bad habits and taught me to believe in my instincts and knowledge.
To this end, I know I am a better, safer and more knowledgeable pilot now. I also know that this is a step to lifelong learning! All this in 10 days from the best instructor I have ever been in touch with. The checkride went without a hitch and I am now a Private Pilot! Yep, it was heavy — a total immersion in flying but success only comes after hard work! Just wanted to thank you and John in helping me get my license.
He was able to teach me to be the safest pilot in any airplane I will go on to fly, not just what I was focused on in the Between his friendly, welcoming nature and his ability to teach in any variety of ways is what made this course fun, incredibly informational, and gave me everything I needed to become a safe pilot.
John was a real Professional. Mackenzie had the best experience possible getting her license and it was truly because of the program that AFIT provides. AFIT took me from zero experience to a fully certified private pilot in just two weeks. Your total immersion program was the perfect environment to gain all the necessary skills to become a safe, competent, and confident pilot.
Flying every day in the AFIT intensive flight program not only allowed me to retain and recall my previous flight lessons with ease, it also provided the opportunity to more easily build upon that skill-set which quickened the pace at which I was developing my piloting abilities.
I had researched several accelerated flight schools before settling upon AFIT, and while most can offer the same time frame for completing your training, where AFIT stood out was the caliber of instructors they carry on their roster.
And a good instructor will make all the difference. Ed, my instructor was more than just a great teacher, he was an invested teacher. He cared not just about the educational material that I was learning, but that I was having a fun and memorable experience along the way.
In doing so, he turned what could of been two long weeks of intense nonstop arduous training into an enjoyable experience that just seemed to fly by no pun intended.
I wanted to thank you again for the opportunity for Gail and I to participate in the training program you and John put together for us. As you know our flight training has been on and off again for several years and the intensive program you guys have is exactly what we needed to get back on course.
John is an incredible instructor with a natural ability to adapt to the individuals needs. Lets face it training a husband an wife at the same time in anything just has to be difficult.
The experience was great and we fully expect to be back with you again in the future. I would recommend your course to anyone, it really was a great experience. I just wanted to take a quick moment of your time to thank you for the excellent PPL experience you made possible for me. Being from the east coast, I was at first mainly focused on courses offered near to this side of the country.
I noticed that your company offered accelerated PPL in a wide variety of locales. I inquired with you about your availability nearby and explained to you my goals relative to my PPL. You took that information and explained to me, in a way I understood, that you knew the perfect instructor for me. You then scheduled me with Cholena near Sacramento, CA. While that was further than I originally anticipated travelling for my PPL, after my conversations and emails with you, I trusted you knew exactly what I was looking for and with whom I should learn.
You could not possibly have been more correct! Cholena is not only an advanced instructor, she is an advanced person. More than merely learning everything I needed to know to pass my written, oral and practical check ride within 14 days from Cholena, I also learned a lot about myself through her excellent manner and insightful comments about my tendencies as a pilot and how to use them to my advantage.
Cholena is clearly someone who would excel at absolutely anything she ever decided to do. You are extremely fortunate to have her as an instructor at A. Anything she ever taught, I would sign up to learn. To that end, you will be hearing from me very soon to continue my training with Cholena to achieve my instrument rating, and then after that my commercial rating. Your tireless help explaining A. Thank you for helping me realize a dream by providing a great instructor in St George, Utah.
I got my PPL after only 12 days of hard work. Days starting at 8 am every morning and ending between 8 pm to midnight some days. The St. George Utah area is great for flying with a very large quantity of municipal airports. Weather is diversified with dry areas, snow areas, sometimes windy periods and sunny periods. The landscape is a beauty. The people were very welcoming and the price was very reasonable.
I also had a very interesting experience. The airplane I utilized reached its hours mechanic visit. I did it with Eric instructor and mechanics and the mechanic of Cedar City. It took 5 hours to check all equipments and structure of the plane. I think it is a MUST to do for a new pilot since you become aware of what is happening under the cowling, behind the rudder pedals, the flaps, ailerons,….
I think that I will also take some more hours in Paris to do a 2 days training on mechanics. Thank you for scheduling me with Cholena Parkhurst; she is clearly a committed flight instructor! I am surprised when I reflect on the large amount of information that Cholena taught me in just two weeks.
These along with the consistently good weather in the Sacramento Valley were important factors for achieving success within the two week time frame.
Thank you for providing this opportunity for accelerated flight instruction within an excellent learning environment and with a very caring flight instructor who was instrumental in achieving my dream of being able to fly.
Thank you very much. It was a very intensive 12 days and Bill had to run a very tight program to get in the 2 written tests and the medical examination. I had learned the course material to a reasonable standard before coming over, but Bill impressed the need on me for an excellent score in the written exams as being a pre-requisite for a short and precise oral exam, so we gave that extra attention in the first week.
We flew a lot every day hrs and I studied in the evenings and from I paid a lot of attention to the G manual and the aircraft POH in the second week.
Bill showed a great deal of flexibility in adapting the training depending on the weather and available test booking scenarios; we settled early in the second week for Friday for both tests. Luckily the weather played along. Bill knew what his Designated Examiner was looking for and gave me useful tips and encouraging words, food and perfectly timed AVGAS right through the test day which ended at The aircraft was in a perfect condition, we always had a clean windscreen, the right docs on board, all the training aids you can think of.
He showed me a lot of useful programs on the Net, which make flight planning and weather updates quick and useful to find and interpret. His little pack of DVDs contain useful tutorials for everything from US radio technique to IF clearances and real-time emergency scenarios.
Some days I was pretty wound up; he sensed that and found the balance to push you on, but keep you sane at the same time. I finished up my training with John yesterday. I was very pleased with the training that AFIT provided. In fact, I believe I learned more in those 9 days than I had in the previous 9 months. I recently completed my private pilot course in Placerville with Cholena as my instructor.
She lets you learn from your mistakes, like the best teachers do. Placerville is the ideal place for learning to fly — nice weather, above the fog line, with an endless supply of airplane time. Being 2. This made for a relatively short course which in turn allowed me to reduce the overall cost as well as frustration resulting from never-ending training. The training was an intensive 14 days and I enjoyed every minute of it.
In just two weeks you really can became a safe pilot. George Utah is a great training location and environment, with a variety of airports around mountains, desert, canyons.. A nice and well organized quiet town. And the most important, a Great Senior instructor working with you the whole day, every day.
When I signed up to go St George and fly with Eric my goal was to attempt to obtain my private certificate, however because of my limited time, 9 days, I thought there was a good chance that I might have to return at another time to complete it. While some credit goes to me I did the flying , most goes to Eric. On arrival in St George, the plane he normally uses for training was down with a prop issue, he quickly hustled up a replacement, arranged insurance coverage so I could solo in it quickly, organized a prop swap after a gyro failure, all of which kept me on schedule.
He also kept in close touch with the local examiner to make sure he was available as needed and some of the hours I had in helicopters would count. In fact, I ended up flying over 40 hrs by the end of everything.
Eric was fully committed to seeing me succeed and went the extra mile. Most importantly, in spite of a packed schedule I had a lot of fun. Your prompt replies to email, phone calls, faxes and questions was also appreciated.
But I also think that an accelerated course only works if you are with a team that has the experience and understanding to do it professionally. Put simple, you guys are the real thing. Since my first email contact with you, right through to my Check Ride, you and Cholena had all the answers, and were able to guide me along what is usually a very daunting path.
I read the glowing testimonials for Cholena before commencing the course, and now at the other end of the process, I can say that they still do not do her justice. She is nothing short of brilliant. Her calm and persistent manner has left me with a level of confidence that I simply never had from my previous flight training experience.
Whereas, after spending 2 weeks with Cholena — I feel that I have received a very thorough and considered training.
The highlight for me was landing at Sacramento International Airport at Try doing that with your average instructor..! As Cholena said, getting your PPL is really a license to continue to learn how to fly. I agree with this, but I also believe that the grounding I received means that I will be continuing my learning on a very sound and safe footing.
I also appreciate your own persistence, encouragement and professionalism. Thanks again. I would not hesitate to recommend your organization to anyone serious about getting their license. Learning to fly with A. I wanted to send a letter of thanks for the opportunity that you and John have provided to me to fulfill a life-long dream. I have to say that the 14 days was action-packed and very exciting. I tried a couple years ago to get my certificate and the normal day-to-day distractions of running a business and having a family kept me from realizing the dream.
Your program worked! John was an excellent teacher and coach throughout the whole 14 days. I really enjoyed his teaching methods as well as his company and personality.
The training I received with Lou was better than I had hoped for. The entire process was very structured and well planned out. He and I enjoyed a further bond with our military background. I plan on returning when my schedule permits me for an Instrument rating and multi rating. Lou was able to find out where I had left off knowledge and flight wise after the first day.
I really liked how easy it was to communicate with him and decided how to approach the next few days in order to knock out as much as we could and as safely as we could. I hope to be back in Texas to take care of further ratings and such. As you know, I flew my private-pilot training with Lou and I can definitely say that he is a great instructor and really gets involved in every aspect of training, from theory and exam preparation to practical tips and tricks to make the flying experience both more enjoyable and more useful for the student.
I also want to stress one thing — he ALWAYS goes the extra mile and takes the next step, even in things not directly involved with the airplane or the training. Training with Lou gave me what I needed not only to pass the tests but to be a good pilot, with the assurance that he was always by my side to help me achieve my dream safely and with excellence. I recommend Lou as an instructor for anyone who wants to really have a thorough preparation for the next step in flying, whether initial private, as was my case, or advanced training.
His encyclopedic knowledge of aviation and his easy manner of teaching make flying with him an experience to be enjoyed while it lasts and missed when it finishes. I suspect many people, when they first see the claim of an instrument rating in ten days, are a bit sceptical. But it really can be done! Mind you, the key is in the quality of the teaching and Cholena certainly is a star. What makes her really special are two qualities: adaptability and persistence.
Cholena will adapt her teaching of ideas and techniques until she finds the approach that suits you. A combination of dedication and skill like that is very rare.
I very much enjoyed working with you and Cholena. All the best for the future. What an incredible experience! Almost hard to believe that I showed up in St. George, Utah with only a few hours of flight time under my belt, and 14 days later I am a Certificated Private Pilot!
Eric is absolutely great at what he does. He knew exactly how to push, stretch, set expectations, and keep the whole learning process fun and on track. He is an expert! Truly a professional. Very committed to seeing me succeed! I highly recommend AFIT and Eric if you are serious about becoming a private pilot in the most efficient way possible! I wanted to express to you what a great experience AFIT was.
From the first phone call I made to the final day when I received my private pilot certificate, I received prompt responses to my calls, questions and emails. I never felt ambiguous or unsure about where we stood in the process. I could not have had a better instructor than Eric. Not only is he incredibly knowledgeable, he truly cared about me becoming a SAFE pilot. He was there from sun up to sun down and somedays longer making sure we stayed on track and did not waste ANY time.
This was very important as I had expressed to you on the phone that I was ready to work hard to achieve the certificate. It meant everything to me that I was provided with an great instructor who was more than ready to do the same. What a great service AFIT provides in an industry that seems to do everything but that.
I would recommend AFIT to anyone who is serious about receiving great instruction in a timely manner. Cholena was great. I really appreciated her patience and knowledge.
She was quite a refreshing take on flight instructors because I have had a few rather rude ones. Thank you for helping me complete my Private Pilot License. You made it happen despite two scheduling changes and Northern California midwinter weather. I appreciate your teaching skills, enthusiasm and sense of humor. Thank you for all your hard work! Just a short note to thank you for the fantastic, and fantastically effective, 14 day PPL program run by Eric out of St.
George UT. For starters, I cannot imagine many more qualified instructors than Eric. His airmanship is similarly outstanding. He could drop the Cherokee on a table cloth sized spot on the runway under any weather condition and demonstrate the PTS maneuvers with a precision that made me despair for a while that I would ever be able to meet the standards he set for me.
Perhaps even more importantly, Eric also was incredibly dedicated to the objective of making me succeed. From taking care of the paper work, to picking us up and dropping us off she was a ray of sunshine and encouragement in an intense 2 week program.
Thanks Rhonda! Needless to say, I unhesitatingly recommend A. John was the perfect professional during the entire process, a natural flight instructor. Even though we lost some time due to abnormal weather, we still finished on time. I was very impressed with his methods and would definitely use AFIT again.
I am writing to thank you for arranging my flight training with John in Boulder, Colorado. John helped me finish up my fixed wing add-on rating in just five 5 short days. In addition, John gave me an introduction to mountain flying as well as high performance and complex airplane experience while flying an awesome V-tail Bonanza. Your company is top notch and the level of customer service you provide is second to none.
Prior to my training you were responsive to my numerous inquires and answered all of my questions. I researched several other accelerated programs before signing up with AFIT, however, none of them displayed the level of courtesy and professionalism I found with your company. These traits carried over to my flight training with John. I cannot say enough good things about John. He continued the excellent customer service by making himself available to answer my questions prior to my arrival.
After meeting John and spending a few minutes with him, I knew I was in good hands. Most important, however, John is an outstanding teacher and taught me fundamental safety skills that eluded me in my prior training.
In the end, John taught me how to be a better, safer and more confident pilot. After completing my check ride, I flew my own plane home on a 3 hour flight with confidence and ease. I am grateful that I was able to have such a knowledgeable instructor that I rate as second to none. Thank you AFIT and John for everything that you have done for me, I will recommend my experience to anyone interested in aviation.
Lou is a fantastic instructor! I had 80 hours of instruction prior, but still had cross-country solo work to do as well as a number of other requirements to wrap up. Lou was able to diagnose my failure points immediately and got my skills up to PTS standards in a matter of days. Experience makes a difference! You may pay a little more through AFIT from the hourly cost perspective. Thanks for your recommendation of John as my flight instructor.
John had a wealth of knowledge to offer with his extensive aviation experience. In less than 2 months, I went from no knowledge of planes to a comfortable and confident VFR pilot. My training with John was 2 weeks as promised. The majority of the time John was training me; we had high to extreme winds.
Learning to fly in these conditions was not easy but we flew each day, ultimately making me the kind of pilot I want to be. One who is capable of flying in windy conditions and making adjustments as needed from the experience gained during those 2 weeks with him.
John continually reminded me, the importance of holding the centerline of the runway and not giving it up. This came in very valuable on one of my first flights after completing my training, when I landed on a runway with solid black ice, unexpectedly. Upon hitting the brakes, the plane started sliding to the side of the runway.
I would have thought that I just gave up the centerline, until it was too late, but I knew I was holding center and instantly realized it was icy, thus allowing me to make a safe and quick recovery. On my first cross country flight with John, he mentioned how much easier flying was than driving.
At that time it seemed a little overwhelming but I quickly realized on my first, long, cross country trip, after getting my license, that he was indeed correct. It was much easier than driving and I felt calm and relaxed talking to ATC. He was even teaching while we were eating lunch. His instruction was thorough and included some additional pointers that I feel will be valuable for my future flight career.
I will definitely refer your services in the future and thanks again for recommending John. Thank you Tony and Cholena for making a dream of mine a reality. After struggling with instructors schedules, meeting with multiple different instructors, forgetting what I learned and spending much of lessons relearning everything, I found AFIT. The instruction was everything you told me it would be Tony when you signed me up. The plan was completely laid out from start to finish, I felt like every day had a purpose.
The program is great it not only prepared me for the checkride, but made me a confident, proficient and safe pilot. I really enjoyed my training with John and AFIT and can only add praise to what is a very slick operation. I certainly have no regrets in making the trip over here to get my training done.
I can confirm that in the next year my sister and law and nephew will be joining you for training. I had struggled to get my pilots license for three years.
Weather, timing, money and business all contributed to such a long road. At 80 hours I had learned the basics, however my skills were poor and I still needed night landings and solo time to finish my requirements. Tony assured me that I was no different than many of their other clients and he was glad to help me. Tony scheduled me with John at their Boulder, Colorado location. We started working immediately.
John evaluated my flying skills and aviation knowledge. After identifying my numerous flaws and bad habits, John was actually able to teach me how to safely fly a single engine aircraft. The whole process only took 10 days of actual training. Thank You! My flight training with Todd was wonderful! During those days I visited more than 7 different airports, even different states. With any doubt I will come back for my instruments training soon.
I wanted to thank Todd and AFIT for a great flying experience and for helping me to complete my training. Being able to get everything done in a concentrated five days during leave was exactly what I needed. The oral and practical were as expected given your strict adherence to PTS numbers. Today I finished my PPL. I passed my check-ride with flying colors. Also my baby girl was born late last night at 9lbs 1oz.
She is so beautiful and amazing. This has been an amazing year. John helped me obtain a life-long goal, and I am very appreciative for the time and talent. I was always very impressed with the fast, thorough and patient responses to my e-mails, even when I sent them late in the afternoon or even during the evening hours. The positive impression I gained from our discussions was very comforting, I therefore decided to finish my instrument rating with you.
On the same day we began with the training and an initial flight to get me accustomed to the plane and the airspace as well as to give John an idea of which topics had to be covered and what needs to be practiced in order to get me ready for the instrument check ride.
John is a great and experienced teacher who did an excellent job with pushing me to my limits but also with polishing my skills and in deepening my understanding of the instrument flying system. I learned a lot from John, inside and outside the plane, about flying and aviation in general.
The check ride took place on January 1st. Thanks to the intense training with John, his constant pushing and pointing to things that I missed during the training, I passed with flying colors. Is there a better way to start the New Year? The G equipped Cessna we used for the training was fun to fly and in great condition. It was a great and thoroughly enjoyable experience working with John.
John did a great job of blocking off time for an airplane ensuring I could make the timeline while working with me to make sure I was confident for the check ride. A teacher is only as good as their ability to impart knowledge, and Eric is exemplary.
He has a way of reducing complex aviation concepts into digestible pieces.
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