flight school

With April 1 on the horizon, I have been trying to come up with Ways to prank my flight instructor. Preferably jokes that won’t get me kicked from the flying club. Anyone have funny ideas?

Looking for flight schools that have short runways that offer flight training at their home airport! Airports that have runways less than 3500ft. Also, looking for flight training on grass strips. Similar to : Twin oaks- 2500ft Sky park - 2400 ft Thank you in advance!

I'm interested if anyone has recommendations for flight schools in New Mexico? It seems like an interesting place to study. Lots of sunny days, low cost of living, etc. I'm interested in relatively accelerated training. I've looked at Del Sol (if anyone has experience with them, I'm all ears)...

Instrument Training: A. Would you fly Part 141-35 dual (21/14) hours for $10,000 at a towered airport? B. would you fly Part 61- 25 dual hours and 20 hours xc safety pilot $10,000 at a non-towered airport? I’m torn between experience at a towered airport or the higher amount of hours for...

What are your thoughts about instrument training Part 141? Outside of the 50hours XC PIC waived what are the benefits? Are students taking the checkride at 40 hours exactly w/ the pathway of 26 hours dual a/c and 14 hours redbird simulator?? What is the average time frame for instrument students...

Hey guys I’m trying to get some insight as to what to do with my situation. It’s kinda a long story but I’ll try to make it brief as possible. I went into this school to do an initial commercial multi. I have all the requirements met already. The solo time, all the xc time etc was done and...

Hello - I am a new member and thought I would just jump in and say Hi. I am a student at the moment on the sport pilot track, I am training at 10C, at least for now. My wife and I just bought a house in Arizona so I will be moving to either AVQ or RYN, depending on the school. One other...

So I reached out to a few flight schools in my area. I got all kinds of quotes from $9,000 - $15,000 for my PPL training / cert etc. The wide range seems confusing. They all seem to cover materials, etc. Some of the books I could pick up myself on Amazon at a fraction of the quotes. The pricing...

Hello everybody, As this is my first post, it's nice to meet you all My name is Andrei, and I am a Product Manager for a learning solution dedicated to the aviation sector. I've found this forum while doing research for a product I am helping my company bring to market. In my initial...

Hello! I am trying to decide if I should go to ATP flight school after receiving my ppl or if I should remain at the local flight school for my commerical certificate. I know ATP guarantees their students a job in order to get their remaining hours needed to work for an airline; my fear is...

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I had a student recently ask me, "If you could go back in time, what advice would you give yourself before starting flight school?" I never thought about it until I had been asked. While there are several things I would advise, I would certainly have recommended that I finish ground training...

Just wanted to see if you had a similar experience finding a CFI. In October I finally decided to take up flight lessons towards my PPL. I live in a mid sized town of about 100,000 people in Texas. I figured it shouldn't be too hard to find a CFI. Boy was I wrong. Like most would, I tried...

I just released my second book, "CFI! The Book," a comical take on what its like to be a flight instructor. If you like aviation and you like to laugh, pick up a copy on Amazon. An underpaid, overworked Certified Flight Instructor cheats death while attempting to teach a cast of incompetent...

Dear fellow pilots in the Orlando area, I live in Germany (holding an FAA Pilot licence). I'll be at Orlando for a vacation in January 2018 and I just wanted to ask if anyone here can relate positive experiences regarding the flight schools at KORL. I intend to rent airplanes for short flights...

Good Afternoon, I am considering these two flight schools in the Dallas area. I plan to continue my training beginning with Instrument and continuing until CFII-MEI. Have any of y'all attended these schools or heard about them? I know 3 pilots who attended American Flyers in Tx but nobody from...

Hello all, I am a new user and was hoping to find some insight to ease my overwhelmingness of choosing a flight school. I'm currently located in Boston and recently graduated from university this spring, and have been researching various programs that will put me on the track to fly for the...

Hi everyone, I'm the marketing guy of a flight school based in Montreal. I'm afraid of heights but I plan to go in a Cessna 172 with an instructor and do a video with cool maneuvers for pilot students (up to ATPL). In your opinion, what would be the best maneuvers to film for that video? Which...

I'm currently getting my information together to start training over the next couple of months and have 2 flight schools near me that I'm trying to decide between. Note: I haven't met instructors yet, that is part of the plan, but I want to see if one is better than the other. Both are part 61 -...

Hey! What are some common ways aviation schools get new students? (Part 141 and part 61) Is marketing a real challenge? What are some other difficulties?