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Private Pilot
For aircraft owners ready to earn their Private Pilot certificate.
Investment: $15,000 | Timeline: 14 weeks
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My structured training ensures no step is skipped and every skill is mastered.
Basic Flight: Learn fundamental controls and coordination.
Practice Area Maneuvers: Build precision handling and confidence.Handlin
Slow Flight, Stalls, and Spins: Understand critical safety maneuvers.
Ground Reference Maneuvers: Refine control in real-world conditions.
Traffic Patterns: Master takeoffs and landings with consistency.
Handling Emergencies: Train for engine failures, system issues, and more.
Maximum Performance Takeoffs & Landings: Perfect critical short and soft field techniques.
Dual Cross-Country: Navigate long-distance flights and decision making.
Instrument Flying: Gain foundational instrument skills for confidence in inadvertent IMC.
Night Flying: Master safe operations in low-light environments.
Mountain Flying: Master the art of operating in mountainous terrain and high density altitudes.
Solo Cross-Country & ATC Operations: Build independence and confidence with talking to ATC.
Check Ride Preparation: Polish every skill to ensure success.
Instrument Rating
For aircraft owners ready to earn their instrument rating.
Investment: $15,000 | Timeline: 6 weeks
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Instrument Flying Skills: Develop precision and control using the flight instruments.
Instrument Navigation Skills: Learn to navigate enroute with confidence.
Instrument Procedures Skills: Master approaches, holds, arrivals, and departures.
Instrument Flight Planning: Build proficiency assessing weather, alternate planning, and route optimization.
Instrument Check Ride Prep: Polish your skills and knowledge to ensure success.
Mountain Flying
For aircraft owners who want to fly in the mountains and at high density altitudes.
Investment: $2,500 | Timeline: 3 days
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Day One:
Learn the fundamental knowledge you need to stay safe flying into mountainous terrain and at high density altitudes. We will unlock your aircraft’s performance capabilities and cap the day off with a gorgeous flight over Lake Tahoe.
Day Two:
Polish your mountain flying skills and fly into some of the most challenging airports in the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
Day Three:
Put your skills to the test as we traverse all 7 High Sierra mountain passes, including a scenic tour of Yosemite National Park.
*Customized one and two-day courses are available at a rate of $1,000 per day.
Instrument Proficiency
For instrument rated owner-pilots who want to sharpen their instrument skills.
Investment: $2,500 | Timeline: 3 days
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Day One:
Dive into preflight planning and challenge yourself with exercises that will improve your scan and sharpen your instrument flying skills.
Day Two:
Reinforce handling of abnormal situations and emergencies in IMC and refine instrument approach and departure procedures.
Day Three:
Put your skills to the test in actual IMC while flying in the San Francisco Bay area.
*Customized one and two-day courses are available at a rate of $1,000 per day.