Thinking About Learning to Fly?

Is learning to fly one of your dreams in life? Are you one of those people that have once laid down on the grass and watched those airplanes fly by from the nearby airfield?

They say dreams are free, but putting them to life could be expensive. That may be true for aviation, however, costs is not a reason to stop yourself from fulfilling that life-long dream. It may set you back some, but the enjoyment you’d get from flying an airplane would certainly be worth the price you paid in exchange for the knowledge. Don’t be a cynic who knows the price of everything but the value of nothing; when it comes to learning to fly, nothing beats the value of being able to take a plane up in the air when you want to.

Of course, there are ways that you can cut back on the costs of your flight training. There are two ways that you could become a private pilot (since all pilots start with being one), and these are the Part 141 and Part 61 flight trainings. Of the two, Part 141 is more expensive since it is an academic approach to private pilot flight training. If you’re already cash-strapped, you should avoid this route not unless you can get yourself some scholarship grants, which will greatly help in lowering flight school costs for you.

Part 61, on the other hand, is much more flexible and thus you can even cut back further from your training expenses. What you should do then is to fly more often, and study a lot so you can get to your certificate faster and lower the amount of money you spend in total for your flight training.

So, are you thinking about learning to fly? Don’t let doubts cloud your dreams. Get in touch with a certified flight instructor in your area and find out how you can become a private pilot and become a member of general aviation.