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What to Expect Your First Five Hours as a Student Pilot

The first lesson is foundational. You will learn how to use a checklist for the inspection, engine start, taxi, and run-up.
The Advocate

Meet Ezzie Smith, the flight instructor teaching Baton Rouge high schoolers to fly

In 2001, Ezzie Smith took his first flight lesson. He was a freshman in college, and he was given the opportunity to learn at a monthlong flight program in Delaware through an ROTC course. Within ...
Southeast Missourian

At just 14, this teen has already flown solo and logged 75 flight hours

What were you doing when you were 8 years old? For Harmon Brown, now 14, he was starting ground school. Typically reserved for high school students, the course provides prospective pilots with their ...