If there’s one question we get all the time, it is this:

What makes Take Flight Aviation so different from the rest of the flight schools in the country?

The answer is more than new planes and a nice lobby (but they don’t hurt).

Several years ago Take Flight’s leadership set some forth some very basic rules for operation that we operate from.

They are:

1) All phone calls and emails get returned within 24 hours if at all possible.

2) We will only employ CFI’s who are competent teachers who consistently display a love for what they do…and do it well.

3) We advertise real pricing in our estimates – not bare minimums. Our prices will always represent a great value.

4) We would not assign one instructor to a client, leaving that client dependent on one instructor and feeling lost if that instructor should move on; when a team teaching method leads to a more well -rounded pilot who completes the training faster.

5) We are in it to build the next generation of qualified pilot – not make the quick buck.

6) Our communication both internally and externally is very open, and requires client interaction (much like learning to fly does).

7) We operate at an airport with nearly zero wait times for takeoff.

8) We have one on one ground training as well as home study assignments – ensuing that our clients knowledge base is as expansive and refined as their flight skills – leading to above average pass rates and safe pilots.

9) Our aircraft maintenance is held to the highest standards.

10) Our Management, Support, Maintenance and Instructional staff treats every client with the dignity and respect that they, as a client, deserve.

All of these basic rules of operation represent the various facets of proper customer service – the hallmark of Take Flight Aviation. This is what makes Take Flight Aviation different from the rest – it’s also what allows us to be one of 5 aviation businesses ever to receive the AOPA President’s Choice Award for significant contribution to the flight training industry and a slew of other awards over the years.

Take Flight Aviation is your flight school – the organization that stands ready and able to make your dreams of flight a reality.

Give us a call and let us help you reach your goal in the sky.

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Simple answer: There are more jobs available now than there are pilots to fill them, and that shortage of pilots is predicted to intensify over the next decade. The law of supply and demand works to offer pilots greater pay, work stability and quality of life. You don’t have to take our word for it – read Boeing’s Pilot & Technician Outlook 2019-2038: https://www.boeing.com/commercial/market/pilot-technician-outlook/

The field is so hot right now that many people are making career changes to become professional pilots. While learning to fly at 19 is nice, learning to fly for a living at 45 or 50 is just as rewarding and can lead to the same great career opportunities.

Is learning to fly in small aircraft safe?

Simple Answer: Yes!

The 2019 Joseph T. Nall Report indicates a large reduction in accidents and simultaneously an increase in the total number of hours flown in light general aviation aircraft. Training in particular, as a Commercial Operation, is among the safest in the General Aviation sphere of operation. As usual, statistically, the most dangerous part of learning to fly is the car ride to the airport.

Take Flight Aviation utilizes Diamond Aircraft – the safest light aircraft in the world (statistically proven) https://www.diamondaircraft.com/en/private-pilots/safety/. Combined with our Diamond Factory Authorized Service Center, advanced training programs and hand-picked team of Professional Certified Flight Instructors, Take Flight Aviation is ready to launch your career…safely and efficient.

It all starts with an Introductory Flight Lesson.

There’s no reason to wait…..your timing is perfect!

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Best of all, we offer this training in two ways – Part 61 training, which allows for maximum scheduling flexibility for those who train once or twice a week and Part 141 academy style training; which allows for intensive accelerated training for those who want to get the License quickly.

Instrument Rating Training: Offered exclusively in our fleet of Garmin G1000 glass cockpit equipped Diamond DA40’s, we have extremely refined programs offered in both Part 61 and Part 141 styles for the Instrument and Commercial Single engine ratings and licenses. Part 141 Instrument clients not only can move through the program quickly, but are permitted to get the Instrument Rating without having the earn the 50 hours of cross country Pilot In Command time required under Part 61 regulations.

Commercial Pilot’s License Training: Our Commercial License Training comes in two variation under Part 61 depending upon your experience coming into the program as well as one of the most unique and efficient Part 141 Programs we’ve even seen (we wrote it to eliminate the shortcomings we saw in all of the other programs we had researched).

Multi Engine Training: A very unique aspect of our Commercial Part 141 Program is that it offers training in our State of the Art Diamond DA42NG twin engine aircraft. That said; you don’t have to be enrolled in any of our 141 Academy classes to enjoy that training…..we also offer the same multi engine training through our standalone Part 61 Multi Engine Private, and Multi Engine Commercial add on or Initial Commercial rating programs.

Professional Pilot Training Program: Clients looking to enter a career in the cockpit can take the entire list of Programs mentioned above in our Part 141 Professional Pilot Training course. In fact, this course also incorporates our Part 61 Flight Instructor, Instrument Instructor and Multi Engine Instructor programs into one cohesive and thorough program that prepares you for a job as a Certified Flight Instructor. There is an acute pilot shortage right now and Flight Instructors are extremely employable. In fact, we hire most of the Instructors we build in this program.

Take Flight Aviation is fortunate to work with numerous FAA Designated Examiners, meaning we don’t experience the delays often found at other flight schools – which simply enhances the efficiency of your training. Give us a call to learn more or reserve time to get your dreams off the ground!

If you’re as serious about flying as we are – give us a call.
Take Flight Aviation can make it happen for you!

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