RATES
- Lucombe N45924 $140/hr (wet hobbs)
- Flight & Ground Instruction $60/hr
TAILWHEEL ENDORSEMENT DISCOUNT (SUMMER 2026)
Buy a 10 hour block of tailwheel training towards your endorsement for $1800 (10% discount). Unused block hours will be refunded at $180/hr at completion. Ground instruction and additional flight training will be billed at standard rates.
GIFT CERTIFICATES
Flight training gift certificates make a great birthday, mother's day, father's day, or Christmas present for anyone curious about aviation. Email or call for more information on Introductory Flights and Flight Training gift certificates.
THEN AND NOW
When I started flying in 1990, I rented a C150 with an instructor for $46/hr. Wow - what a great deal.... or was it? Back then, my first job paid $3.25/hr, so I figured for every 14 hours I worked, I could fly for 1 hour. Why yes - that was a great deal in my mind! And so I flew about once a month at first and paid my way along.
When I work with high school students who don't think they can afford flying, I share that story and then carry it forward to today. In our little town of Sandpoint, Idaho, a high schooler can get a job at a number of restaurants or stores that pay $16-18/hr or more. Let's use $16. Renting a training plane with an instructor in Sandpoint will run between $200 - 270 /hr. That turns out to be 12-17 hours of work for each hour of flying. So by comparison, flying is no more expensive today than it was 35+ year ago. Plus, there's numerous scholarships and training discounts for young people that bring that down.
SCHOLARSHIPS
EAA Flight Training Scholarships
Other Aviation / Flight Training Scholarships
