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NOTE: There are NO "Membership" fees, no phony "club," dues, hidden minimum flight fees, add-on fuel surcharges, "by-the-hour insurance" fees, headset or cancellation charges, nonsense, spam or other baloney. The rates you see below are what you get!

Come on Down! Take an Introductory Flight--only $60

Pilot Certificates and Ratings

Private Pilot Certificate—Airplane, Single-Engine, Land

40 hrs in Cessna 140 @ $75/hr $3000

30 hrs flight and ground instruction @ $50/hr 1500

Total $4500

Wait a minute! What about $60/hr? Pay in advance and fly for only $60/hr--take a 20% discount and save $600--for a total of only $3900!

OR...

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 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 Cessna 172 if you want more room--only $100/hr.

Private Pilot Certificate, Airplane, Single-Engine Land, in a 180hp Cessna 172

40 hrs in 180hp Cessna 172 @ $100/hr. $4000

30 hrs flight and ground instruction @ $50/hr 1500

Total $5500

Pay in advance and pay only $80/hr (save $800) for a total of only $4700!

Even better...

Got a buddy who wants to fly, too? You can both learn to fly at the same time in my 180hp Cessna 172--the Buddy System. One flies, your buddy observes from the back seat--no charge for the buddy in the back! You and your buddy trade off flying and observing--and learn a lot from watching each other--plus it actually makes the airplane handle better with a little weight in the back. Save some big buck$$, too. Call for details.

Instrument Rating in Cessna 172 w/180hp

40hrs flight time IFR Cessna 172 w/180hp @ $100/hr                           $4000

60 hrs flight and ground instruction @ $50/hr                                           3000

Total                                                                                                                  $7000

Pay in advance and pay only $80/hr ( $800 savings) for a total of only $6200!

Note that this assumes you have no previous instrument training.  Of course you got some training for your Private Pilot Certificate and you may be getting your Instrument Rating in conjunction with your Commercial Pilot Certificate, which requires some instrument training, too, so this kind of represents a worst case scenario.

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 @ $140/hr                              1400

40 hrs flight and ground instruction @ $50/hr                                         2000

Total                                                                                                                  $4900

Pay in advance and get a 5% discount (a $245 savings) for a total cost of only $4650

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 @ $140/hr 1400

40 hrs flight and ground instruction @ $50/hr 2000

Total $4150

Pay in advance and get a 5% discount--a savings of $208--for a total of $3942

All you CFI's should take a look at the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators--SAFE, get it?--and their web site at www.safepilots.org. Also check out the National Association of Flight Instructors. Their website is at www.nafinet.org.

Tailwheel Endorsement

10 hrs flight time in Cessna 140 @ $75/hr $ 750

15 hrs flight and ground instruction @ $50/hr 750 Total $1500

Pay in advance and get a 5% discount (a $75 savings) for a total cost of only $1425

Precision Aircraft Control Training

Explore the edges of the flight envelope: extremely slow flight, falling leaf, aggravated stalls, slips, “normal” spin entries, entries from slips, skids etc. and precision recoveries with minimum altitude loss--your airplane or mine.

5 hours Cessna 140 @ $75/hr $375

5 hours CFI @ @ $50/hr $250

5 hours ground training @ $50/hr $250

TOTAL $875

SAVE 10% discount for payment in advance $788

For training in 180hp Cessna 172 add $125 to the above

Approaching, Landing and Departing Short, Narrow, Confined runways, including paved, grass, gravel and Mountain airports—your airplane or mine.

5 hours Cessna 140 @ $75/hr $375

5 hours CFI @ @ $50/h $250

5 hours ground training @ $50/hr $250

TOTAL $875

SAVE 10% discount for payment in advance $788

For training in 180hp Cessna 172 add $125 to the above

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.

Bellanca 14-13-2 with a 180hp Lycoming $140/hr

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