A one and a half hour adventure in which the student experiences all the different aspects of flight and flight preparation. Upon arrival, the student is assigned their own personal FAA Certified Flight Instructor, who will walk them through all the things a real pilot does before, during, and after a typical flight. This first lesson is not to be confused with an "airplane ride", where one is passive and watches someone else do the work. The whole idea of this introductory flight lesson is to get the student to do as much as possible - to push the student right up to their potential. The student will do all the pre-flight procedures, will taxi the aircraft, talk to the control tower themselves to get take off clearance, take the plane off, and once airborne, do many inflight maneuvers. Of course, the instructor will be sitting next to the student telling him to "push this" and "pull that", but the student will do most of the flying.
The flying time will be between 35 and 40 minutes as the student joins the "elite few in history" who have actually piloted an aircraft themselves.
A certificate of completion (suitable for framing) with the logged hours, signed by their Certified Flight Instructor will be awarded to the student after the flight. Obviously, the student will not learn how to fly in one lesson, but no matter which intro flight they fly, they will experience all the different aspects of flight, have a lot of fun, and acquire enough information and experience to make a decision as to whether they would be interested in continuing the challenge of learning how to fly
A ten dollar fuel surcharge will apply to this flight..
Note: If the student is over 6 feet tall, or weighs more than 200 pounds -- or if you wish to add a passenger to share the fun -- please select "Yes" to "Upgrade Airplane" option below
For a downloadable certificate, please choose the "Download PDF" option when adding a flight to your shopping cart. When you check out, your order confirmation page will show a link to your certificate. Click the Download Now button and save the file to your computer. You can then print the certificate and fill out the student's name. [Note - in order to view and print the certificate, you will need Acrobat Reader from Adobe. There's a pretty good chance this is on your computer already. In case it is not, you can download a copy for free from the Adobe Web site.]
Also note, the download is around 4MB. This is not especially large if you have a broadband connection, but those on dial-up may prefer to go with standard shipping or email. You can receive a certificate via email by requesting it in the comment section of your order when you check out.
There will be a $10 refund fee for any returned flight lessons.
