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Private Pilot

AIA Aviation was founded over a decade ago with the intention of turning people into pilots. Our President has 25 years of aviation experience. This includes giving over 4000 hours of instruction to hundreds of pilots. The team at AIA Aviation has what it takes to make you successful in aviation and earn your license. It is expected to take 6 weeks to earn your Private Pilot License depending on how often you fly.

You may begin flight training while enrolled in the ground school.

As long as you do your part, you will graduate with your Private Pilot License. Our success rate – following our program – is over 97% first time pass rate.

Ground Instruction

This critical phase is necessary to build the foundation of knowledge. After successfully completing the ground school, ready to take your Private Pilot Knowledge Exam at a testing center.

Your FAA Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) will help you supplement your knowledge through one-on-one or small group instruction.

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Flight Training Syllabus

Flight training is broken into 4 stages. All times are estimated as individual progress varies.  Each stage makes sure you have gained the required knowledge and skills to progress to the next stage. At the end of all the stages, you will be ready for your Private Pilot License. After each phase, the student will take a stage check before progressing to the next stage. Times are an estimate based off averages.

Stage 1- Pre Solo

• Flight Time with Instructor – 15 hours
• One-on-One Ground Instruction – 8 hours

During this stage, the student obtains the foundation for all future aviation training. The student becomes familiar with the training airplane and learns how use the airplane controls to establish and maintain specific flight attitudes and ground tracks. The student learns how to recognize and recover from stalls and gains the proficiency to solo the training airplane in the traffic pattern.

Stage 2 – Supervised Local Solo

• Flight Time with Instructor – 5 hours
• Flight Time Solo – 5 hours
• One-on-One Ground Instruction – 4 hours

During Stage 2, the student will fly solo (by him or herself).  This is a huge accomplishment!  It signifies that instructor has confidence in the student to be able to successfully operate the airplane in the local area, communicate, navigate and handle common emergencies.  This is done under the direct supervision of the instructor.

Stage 3 – Cross Country Flight  / Night Operations / Performance Takeoffs and Landings

• Flight Time with Instructor – 10 hours
• Flight Time Solo – 5 hours
• One-on-One Ground Instruction – 10 hours

During Stage 3, the student expands the skills learned in the previous stage. The student is introduced to short field and soft field takeoff and landing procedures, as well as night operations, which are important steps in preparation for cross country training. Additionally, the student will increase proficiency in performing maneuvers and procedures solely by reference to the instruments. In the cross country phase, the student learns to effectively plan and conduct cross country flights in the National Airspace System using pilotage, dead reckoning, VOR and GPS navigation systems.

Stage 4 – Check Ride Preparation

• Flight Time with Instructor – 10 hours
• One-on-One Ground Instruction – 10 hours

During this stage, the student will receive instruction in preparation for the End-of-Course Flight Check. This stage will be complete when the students demonstrates performance of private pilot operations at a standard that meets or exceeds the criteria established in the FAA Private Pilot – Airplane Airman Certification Standards.

Check Ride

After all phases are complete, you will take a Check Ride with a Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE). He or she will begin the check ride with an oral / verbal exam. This is a one-on-one conversation where the DPE will quiz you on material that you learned. He will also have you prepare a flight plan ahead of time and you will discuss various elements of it with him. After the oral exam is complete, your will then proceed to the airplane and do the flight portion of the test. The examiner will have you do many of the maneuvers your learned during your training. He will be assessing your skills and decision making throughout the process.

If all is successful, he / she will print out your Private Pilot Certificate right there on the spot!

How pricing works

• Our program includes 50 hours Airplane / 40 hours Flight Instructor.

This is ABOVE the FAA Minimum.  FAA says 40 hours is minimum, but this is impractical.

• One-on-One Ground School
• Gold Seal Online Ground School
• Dedicated instructor – no bouncing between instructors

Hourly

We have extremely competitive hourly rates!

• Airplanes $155 per hour
• Ground / Flight Instruction $75 per hour

Pre-Paid Flight Instruction

You may prepay for the entire course for the greatest discount and piece of mind knowing that all your training is paid for in advance.

Includes:

• 50 hours Airplane / 40 hours Flight Instructor –
• One-on-One Ground School – up to 10 hours
• Online Ground School free – $229 Value – Free
  
• Private Pilot Kit – $250 Value – Free
  

Total  – $11,500