Flight Instruction

Training Available

• Private Pilot (Single & Multi-Engine)

• Commercial Pilot (Single & Multi-Engine)

• Tailwheel, High Performance, Complex, & High Altitude Endorsements

• Flight Review

• Rusty Pilot Training

NOTE: All flight training (except tailwheel) is done in your airplane.  I don't have a training airplane to rent at this time.

Rates

• Ground & Flight Instruction - $50/hr (see notes below)

• Flight Review - $200 ea

• Travel Charge

  • Travel charge is $0.95 per mile of driving distance from Lovington, NM.

  • Below are example charges (per visit):

    • Hobbs - $20

    • Denver City - $30

    • Plains - $34

    • Seagraves - $45

    • Seminole - $48

    • Brownfield - $65

    • Andrews - $74

    • Odessa - $106

    • Midland - $110

How Fees are Calculated

My fee is based on being On-Site & On-Duty.  You can think of it as being handshake to handshake...one when I arrive and one when I leave.  The fee is not necessarily the total of logged flight and ground time, though they will normally be close.

Example:   Let's say we are meeting from 2-5 pm.  We meet in the FBO at 1:58 and begin talking about what we will do in this lesson. We cover the ground portion, then at 2:45 we walk out to the airplane. By 3:00 we are taxiing to the runway and by 4:20 we have taxied back. After debriefing and filling out your logbook, it is 5:04.  I spent 3 hours at your location serving as a CFI (ground and flight).  I will get paid for 3 hours.  You would have logged 1.3 hrs of flight time in this scenario, so your logbook would reflect 1.3 hrs of flight and maybe 1 hr of ground.

The Instructor

I have been a part-time instructor in gliders since 2017, and added Airplane Single & Multi Engine to my certificate in 2024.  I am about 5'-8" and 170 lbs, so I will fit in your airplane if it has at least two seats.  I take a slower approach to instruction than many, so you can expect an easy pace for the most part. That doesn't mean you won't be busy, it means that you won't be rushed.  The goal is to allow time for tasks to be thoroughly practiced and for the mental concepts to sink in.  These work best when you are enjoying yourself.