Get the Right Stuff at Wild Blue Aviation!
NOTE: There are NO "Membership" fees, no phony "club," dues,
minimum flight fees, add-on fuel surcharges, "by-the-hour" "insurance" fees, nonsense, spam or other baloney charges.
The rates you see below are what you get!
Pilot Certificates and Ratings
Private Pilot Certificate—Airplane, Single-Engine, Land
40 hrs in '46 Cessna 140 @ $75/hr
$3000
30 hrs flight and ground instruction @ $50/hr
1500
Total
$4500
Take a 10% discount for payment in advance
450
Total $4050
Instrument
Rating in 1979 Cessna 172N w/180hp
20
hrs flight time IFR Cessna 172 w/180hp @ $95/hr
$1900
30
hrs flight and ground instruction @ $50/hr
1500
Total $3400
10%
discount for payment in advance
340
Total
$3060
Commercial Pilot Certificate—Airplane, Single-Engine, Land
20 hrs flight time in Cessna 140 @ $75/hr
$1500
10 hrs flight time in Bellanca
14-13-2/180 @ $125/hr
1250
40 hrs flight and ground instruction @ $50/hr
2000
Total
$4750
Gotta love that 10% discount for payment in advance
475
Total
$4275
Flight Instructor Certificate—Airplane, Single Engine
10
hrs flight time C-140 $75/hr
$ 750
10
hrs flight time in Bellanca 14-13-2/180 @ $125/hr
1250
40
hrs flight and ground instruction @ $50/hr
2000
Total
$4000
Better
take that 10% discount for payment in advance
400
Total
$3600
If
you're going to become or already are a CFI you need to know about NAFI--the National Association of Flight Instructors.
Check out their website at www.nafinet.org.
Tailwheel Endorsement
10 hrs flight time in '46 Cessna 140 @ $75/hr $ 750
15 hrs flight and ground instruction @ $50/hr
750 Total
$1500
You'll want a 10% discount for payment in advance
150
Total
$1350
If
you've been shopping around you may have noticed that a lot of flying schools use Cessna 172's for training these days.
Why? Well, over time typical two-seat training airplanes (especially Cessna 150's and 152's) have accumulated age and
OMIGOD sky-high flight time--lots of them have more than 15,000 hours. That's a lot of time for any airplane! Plus,
truth is we've gotten bigger (good nutrition?) and some of us have even gotten heavier (PC talk for we're getting FAT--bad
nutrition?). Not you or me, of course, but some of those other folk...
SO...
...you
can learn to fly my '79 Cessna 172 if you want more room--it's a little more stable, too. Only $95/hr.
OR
...
Want to FLY a Classic Aircraft? You can!
Fly
a 1946 Bellanca 14-13-2 with a 180hp Lycoming, retractable gear and constant speed propeller
Lindbergh
wanted to fly a Bellanca across the Atlantic, but couldn't get one. Oh, well. But you can fly the Bellanca he always wanted!!
The 1946 Bellanca 14-13-2 with a 180hp Lycoming is a real sweetheart and a terrific performer. Get your "Complex Airplane" endosement in this rare beauty. With
only 180hp and four seats, she cruises at an easy 165mph IAS, over 180mph TAS at altitude--that's faster than a lot of light
twins! She has hydraulically actuated retractable landing gear, hydraulic flaps and cowl flaps, plus a constant-speed
propeller. One of the sweetest flying airplanes ever built and a real sleeper. This particular airplane was the
2003 "Best Low-wing" Bellanca at the Bellanca Pilot's Club Annual Fly-in. None better nowhere and a rare chance to fly
a Legend.
1946 Bellanca 14-13-2 with a 180hp Lycoming--per hour
$125
Forget the spamcans! Fly some of the world's truly Great Airplanes--Get
the Right Stuff at Wild Blue Aviation!
UNCLE SAM NEEDS YOU! LEARN TO FLY! VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!