With their cutting-edge Garmin G1000 NXI Avionics suite that will communicate directly with your iPad and its Mercedes/Austro Diesel engine that Flying Magazine describes as “Spectacular”, the Diamond DA40NG boasts a host of technological, safety, performance and environmentally friendly features simply not found in other aircraft.

These DA40NG’s offers full digital control of the engine – making flying a one lever operation. The propeller pitch and mixture are all controlled electronically….much like the mixture is in your car. There are no magnetos to check, plugs to foul or low lead fuel to pollute the environment. Even better is that the Austro diesel sips 5.1 gallons of Jet-A fuel per hour at a 126 knot economy cruise setting – almost half of what is consumed by a comparable 4 cylinder avgas powered engine. That economy allows the DA40NG to have a range of over seven hours on only 39 usable gallons of fuel. Pushing the power level up further will yield a 154 knot cruise while still burning considerably less than the NG’s gas powered cousins.

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Over the years, we have provided our Award Winning Flight Training Services to clients at various airports throughout the region including: Westchester County Airport, Westhampton’s Gabreski Airport, Farmingdale’s Republic Airport (where we also have a satellite operation in partnership with Pilot Proficiency International), Caldwell, and Belmar, NJ. We look forward to extending our services to wherever you might be – from Morristown to Bridgeport, CT to Martha’s Vineyard, MA.

As long as you’re willing to pay for the costs involved with bringing the aircraft and Instructor to and from an airport near you; we can provide you the training you seek, with the quality you deserve. In fact, many of our clients training away from base have opted to dedicate full days to their training, taking multiple lessons and thereby maximizing the return on their investment in having the instructor and aircraft brought to them. Whether it’s a full License/Rating or a quick Multi Engine Add On rating – give us a call to see what we can do for you!

Take Flight Aviation – bringing you the finest in flight training – anywhere in the Northeast!

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One of the beauties of aviation is that it affords you a sense of freedom and personal satisfaction that few other activities can match. Maybe more importantly nowadays, it allows you to get where you want, when you want surrounded by only those you want to have with you.

Whether it’s learning to fly, adding a rating, getting current or, for qualified pilots – renting one of Take Flight Aviation’s magnificently maintained Diamond or Piper aircraft; we’re here for you. Our aircraft are disinfected between flights, our staff and clients wear protective gear and we screen our clients on the phone to ensure we keep everyone safe from the virus.

Give us a call to put some joy back in your life!

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This month we’re going to look at the advantages of renting. Taking it from the top:

1) No Capital Outlay – Aircraft renting advantage number one, you don’t have to lay out any money to purchase an aircraft.

2) Maintenance – Not your plane, not your problem. Let’s be honest, when you walk away from an aircraft after a flight, that aircraft is no longer yours to worry about. The upcoming annual inspection, the insurance renewal, the monthly database updates, the flat spotted tire, the cost of storage, worrying about whether that recent wind storm just blew the airplane into the parking lot….simply not your problem.

3) Flexibility – Renting has some enormous advantages IF you rent from a company with a large fleet, a generous rental policy (ie multi day trips, low or no minimum trip rental hours etc.) solid maintenance and multiples of the various types of planes they offer. In a nutshell, you have great flexibility and less stress. Why? Read on….

4) The Take Flight Rental Fleet Access Advantage – Renting aircraft for the pilot who flies a couple times a months is absolutely the way to go. Just add up what you spend on renting an aircraft every month and compare it to the cost of owning the aircraft. While pure economics is a factor in determining if renting is more advantageous to you than renting, there are other factors at play.

Consider the pilot who wants to take a trip out to Nantucket or down to the Outer Banks for few days. Most flight schools either don’t allow these types of trips or place high minimum hours per day for every day the aircraft is away from base. Take Flight Aviation is in the General Aviation Services business, and while we do run a large and growing flight school, we focus on providing services to our customers – aircraft rentals is one of those services we focus on. That focus has caused us to constantly grow our fleet, not only to feed the requirements of our training department, but also to allow for multi day rentals for our clients. We find it unthinkable that a company would teach someone to fly then force them to go elsewhere to gain access to an aircraft.

Going back to that theoretical client who wants to fly to an island one week and maybe down to the Outer Banks the next with their spouse – that pilot could benefit from using two different types of aircraft for their missions. A Diamond DA42 twin engine aircraft is ideal for flying out to the islands where large expanses of water must be crossed, and a DA40 single engine aircraft might be a more economical choice for that flight down to the Outer Banks. When you buy an aircraft either in full or as a partner, you buy one aircraft. As a rental client at Take Flight Aviation, you have access to fleet of aircraft, with different aircraft hand-picked for different missions.

The Take Flight Fleet is ever expanding with multiples of most types of aircraft we fly and more on the way. We are constantly updating the fleet with the latest technology and safety innovations. If Diamond has something new and exciting that they are rolling out, you can count on the fact that it will be on the ramp at Take Flight sooner rather than later, without your having to spend a dime.

From mission flexibility, to availability, to maintenance and simplicity, renting aircraft from Take Flight Aviation offers some great options to aircraft ownership. That said, there are some very unique benefits to aircraft ownership and some ownership programs that can be very appealing given the right circumstances. That topic is one we will cover next month. Until then, happy flying!

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