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Private Pilot Certification
Your Private Pilot Certificate is your first step into the world of aviation. As a private pilot you may fly aircraft for pleasure, day or night, and you may invite friends to join you. Enjoy weekend getaways, unwind after work, go sightseeing, or just enjoy the exhilaration of flight!

The private pilot course consists of computer-based instruction and a minimum of 35 hours of flight lessons. Your first flight lesson will begin with an introduction to procedures and a flight in one of our training airplanes. During your training you will learn all aspects of becoming a pilot including aerodynamics, weather, and aircraft systems. After about 20 hours of concentrated training, you become the master of your aircraft, at which time you will be authorized to solo. Further training will consist of cross-country flying and becoming more proficient with flight maneuvers. Your final training will prepare you for your practical test with the FAA, which includes an oral and flight test.

Minimum Required Hours

  • Flight Training: 35 hours minimum
  • Ground School: 35 hours minimum
  • Estimated Course Completion: 10-16 weekss
  • Estimated Cost: $8,500
    (Condensed Training Packages and Club Rate pricing also available. Call (605) 782-7200 for more information).
  • * All prices shown are estimates of expenses only and should not be regarded as quotes.

Course Prerequisites

  • Be at least 16 years of age to solo, 17 years of age to receive license.
  • Minimum Class III Medical
  • Be able to read, speak and understand the
  • English language

*There is no minimum age to begin flight training. A Student Pilot must be 16 years of age to solo, and 17 years of age to hold a Private Pilot Certificate.

**Business Aviation School of Aeronautics does not guarantee that students will satisfactorily complete their selected course of training in the minimum hours described.

For more information about private pilot certification:
www.learntofly.com

 

 

Getting Started is Easy. Once you have been assigned your instructor, the two of you will schedule your lessons together, around your schedule. Generally each flight lesson takes about 2 hours, with about an hour or a bit more in the airplane and the balance of time for pre and post flight time with your instructor.

There is no required formal “ground school” as many people think. All “ground school” is self study at your own pace utilizing the Cessna Computer Based Instruction Kit or “CBI”. Study along at home by following the course syllabus. You will learn on the computer exactly what you will doing in the air!

Your CBI kit includes everything you need to get started with your flying:

  • 26 CD ROM Training Disks
  • “Cleared for Takeoff” Textbook
  • Training Syllabus
  • Aircraft Information Manual
  • Pilot Safety Supplement
  • FAR/AIM on CD
  • Pilot Logbook
  • Navigation Plotter
  • Flight Calculator
  • Durable Carrying Case

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