We hae instructors who fly sunrise to sunset every day of the week!

We are located on Fort Worth Alliance Airport (KAFW) in Fort Worth Texas.

Yes! We have a testing center in our facility where you can schedule and take your FAA written exam.

Unforatunely, we are unable to issue refunds. However, we will never prevent you from using the money on account. We will always allow you to "fly off" the balance. Additionally, we offer the option to be refunded 50% of the account with the remainder of the funds going to our scholarship program. 

Yes! We have been a Part 141 school since 2006.

Per the FAA, you are required to be at least 16 years old to fly an aircraft by yourself. However, in order to get your private pilot license, you are required to be at least 17 years old.

Part 141 training is done through an FAA approved syllabus. Not only is it a more structured program but legally, students who train under Part 141 rules have a lower minimum flight hour requirement needed for certification. Part 61 training is flight training that any certified flight instructor is allowed to perform. In addition, Part 61 has higher minimum flight hour requirement needed for certification.

How often you fly depends on your availability! However, we recommend students fly 2-3 times per week. 

On average, for a flight you can expect to spend three hours at the school. Thirty minutes for briefing, two hours of flying, and a thirty minute  debrief. For ground, you can expect to spend about two hours to four hours for ground training sessions.

Half of being a pilot is the knowledge behind it! We would recommend that you spend several hours in preparation for each lesson. 

Our schools average for the private pilot course is 55 hours. The national average is 72 hours.

An FAA medical is a medical certificate issued by an FAA medical examiner that states a pilot is medically fit to fly an aircraft

Well, that depends. Legally, a private pilot is only required to have a third class medical. However, for people wishing to make their passion of flying into a career, we recommend getting a first class medical.

Yes, we ask that students have their medical prior to their start date.

We recommend using Dr. Jeffery Griffin in Roanoke, TX. However, you can see a full list of FAA medical examiners here.

For any student looking to enroll in any training toward a license, rating, add-on, or endorsement, the first step is an enrollment meeting. During the enrollment meeting, the student will sit down with a member of our administrative staff.  In this time, the student will complete neccesary paperwork, be issued training materials, and be familarized with our operations and procedures.

Each month we issue 'Student Availability Sheets" where students indicate the times they are able to fly and the amount of times they wish to fly per week. Based off that, we compare it to plane and instructor availability and schedule accordingly. 

We do our best to keep you with one instructor during the duration of your training! However, sometimes there are scheduling restraints that can prevent us from doing so.

We train our students in the Cessna 172 Skyhawk. Our skyhawks have both the traditional steam guage/analog cockpit as well as the G1000 'glass' style cockpit.

That depends! The time the course takes for completion varies based on how often you fly and how well you grasp the concepts. The average time for completion of the private pilot course for our students is six months.

We do installments in increments of $2,500 for our Part 141 students. This amount goes onto a prepay balance that is charged for the amount of each training session. Once the account reach the minimum level, we ask that the student brings in their next installment. Our Part 61 students and renters have the option to 'pay as they go'. However, the aircraft is billing at a less expensive rate for those who chose the pay with our installment plan.

Yes, our school is eligble to accept VA benefits!

We have instructors who are able to accomodate students who's availability is limited to evenings and weekends.

Weather happens! The instructor and student make the decison whether to fly or cancel. Our dispatchers will then work with the student and instructor to reschedule the fligjht as neccesary.

Yes! We offer discovery flights which is a thirty minute flight in one of our skyhawks with one of our certified flight instructors. We also offer an introductory lesson which is the first lesson in our curriculum. The introductory lesson is a thirty minute briefing, one hour flight, and a thirty minute debrief. Should the customer chose to enroll, their flight lesson will already be complete. 

Our ground school is done partially online and partially in person. Online, you will progress through the Cessna King Schools curricula. In addition to the online curricula, students are required to attend in-house ground training. These sessions are referred to as "extended briefings," or EBs. Extended Briefings cover the topics that students tend to have trouble understanding.

A private pilot can carry passengers (not for hire) in good weather conditions.  See FAR 61.113 for more information. 

Yes, prior to your first solo we require that students have "non-owners insurance" with a minimum of $10,000 non-owned aircraft liability insurance.

No, unfortuantely we do not allow passenger on training flights and student on solo flights are prohibited from carrying passengers per the FAA.

Yes! However, we leave it up to the discretion of our instructors as to if they would like to fly on Sundays. 

Yes! We make arrangements with Alliance FBO to accomdate our renters.