The Flight School

Thanks to the T.F.S. for working with me to get my rating.
Patient, safe and encouraging. Took me under 50 hours
to get my license. No compromise in safety at all.
Saying just thanks, would be too simple. But, Thanks!

Enjoyed our discovery flight today! What a great flight school. Very experienced pilots and just an enjoyable and informative experience. Thanks so much Tim, Steve, and Dee.

We did a discovery flight here today and it was so fun. I think we are hooked. They are easy to work with and the instructor (Clyde, I think) was helpful and friendly. Our flight was a great experience and he did a good job of explaining the process for getting a pilot’s license. Thank you thank you!

I got my private pilot license from here. Great no-​frills place, keeps the cost down. Excellent maintenance on planes, never had an issue with them. Also, great instructors — Attila, Aaron, Luke, David ! I got my license in 45 hours and this school emphasizes a lot on safety, to the point that they didn’t let me go fly twice as a student when it was dusk time in the anticipation of me losing my way back.

Time to check another item off of the old bucket list. Flying an airplane is something I have wanted to do since I was a kid. Whenever I looked at getting a pilot license before, I took a look at how much I would have to spend and decided that maybe $ 30 on a flight simulator game would scratch that itch for me.
There’s still nothing like the real thing though. So I took advantage of a LivingSocial deal that was too good to pass up — $ 59 for a discovery flight. Heck yeah, I’m in. Scheduling my flight was a breeze. I called on a Tuesday to see what times they had available and was given the option for a 9 am or 11 am flight Thursday. I jumped at the 9 am slot so that I could start my day off braving the skies in the morning like Charles Lindbergh before going into work.
Day of the flight. Unlike skydiving where you have to spend an hour signing page after page saying short of someone deliberately killing you, you cannot sue them, The Flight School just required a few minutes for me to fill out half a page of contact info and I was off with my instructor Luke for a pre-​flight inspection of the plane. Luke went through the checklist with me, with him inspecting everything outside and inside the plane, but letting me know what he was checking.
Once the inspection was done, it was time to rock and roll. Luke got the engine started, got us rolling, and then allowed me to steer a bit with the foot rudders while taxiing down the runway. Luke then took over and got us off the ground. Whoosh! Once we hit 8000 feet and were stable, Luke turned it over to me. Uh, are you sure about that? I ended up with a good 15 minutes of actually flying the plane myself without really messing up. I mean, I wasn’t doing Top Gun or Red Baron moves. A steady hand and taking things nice and easy are preferred over jerking in the direction you want to go in. When my fun was over, Luke took over landing the plane and it was smooth and textbook. He even offered to take a couple of photos of me in front of the plane!
With my flight being the short one that The Flight School offers, I was done about an hour after arriving. So I drove to my office, strolled in, and started asking coworkers «So what did you do this morning?» Yes, obnoxious, but effective when you get that reluctant return quetion «Why, what did you do this morning?»

Bought a coupon, It was a great experience. Our trainer was (forgot his name) It was fun and he even did a little «rollercoster» for us… wow, that was scarier than any rollercoster I have ever rode! but it was soooo much fun. I will be back soon!