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Private Pilot

Getting your private pilot certificate couldn't be easier with McAir Aviation's comprehensive training program. All you need to do is make an appointment for your first flight lesson.

Requirements

  • There are no minimum requirements to start your training. All you need is a desire to learn and a commitment to fly.

  • Your Flight Instructor will explain the additional materials needed for your training at the beginning of your first lesson.
Training
  • The minimum flight experience to obtain your Private Pilot certificate is 40 hours of flight training. The national average is 63 hours (FAA data). McAir Aviation has an excellent record of enabling our students to obtain their Private license in approximately 50 hours.

  • The minimum recommended Flight Training schedule is one lesson per week. At that rate, you will get your Private Pilot license in about six months. If you fly twice a week, you will be able to become a Private Pilot in about three months.

  • McAir Aviation does not have any additional or hidden charges, you will pay as you go. At the end of your lesson your Flight Instructor will charge you for the day's lesson and make an appointment for the next flight lesson. When you fly solo, you will only pay for the hourly rate of the airplane.

Your training will consist of:

- 20 hours dual instruction (you and your instructor), which includes:

  1. 3 hours cross-country flight
  2. 3 hours night flight
  3. 3 hours flight by instruments
  4. 3 hours of checkride preparation
Additionally, you will be trained to accomplish the following things on your own (solo):

  1. Solo Cross-country flight
  2. Towered Airport operations
  3. The FAA Written Exam