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    Above and Beyond Aviation

    4.5 (33 reviews)
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    Little man on his first flight.  We in that Cessna boi!!!
    Robbie C.

    This is a great place to rent a plane for the weekend. They rent by the wet Hobbs time instead of by the day, so it makes it very economical for a private pilot who wants to fly to the coast an hour and a half away on a Friday afternoon, stay for the weekend, then come back on Sunday afternoon. I understand they also offer pilots to fly you to a destination for an extra charge if you give them enough notice. They take safety very seriously, so make sure you keep impeccable logs and have all your medical clearances ready for inspection.

    Da plane! Da plane!
    Tiffany P.

    Bought a discovery flight for my hubs last year as an anniversary present. What an unforgettable experience! So much fun. George was calm and cool with me even though I was a nervous wreck! My hubs flew the whole time, George was a great instructor. It was a windy day and the flight was very bumpy and a little wild. I thought I might die. Again, I am a very nervous flyer! Don't know why I insisted on riding along, I'm kind of an idiot I guess. Despite my anxiety, we both had a great time and I have recommended and will continue to recommend George to anyone interested in flying!

    George is super nice! I feel like most pilots I meet are all really calm, cool and collected people and George is one of them. I bought a discovery flight off groupon for my bf and I. I've done one of these years ago but wanted my bf to experience being in the pilot's seat and he loved it!!! I took a timelapse video of the whole thing sitting behind them and got some great freeze frames out of them. Would definitely recommend this to anyone! He has a groupon deal going on right now. From previous reviews, you can see that he still accepts them 2 years later. Here's the link: https://www.groupon.com/deals/above-beyond-aviation-3 Tip: bring sunglasses if it's a sunny day!

    One of my first lessons.
    Patrick K.

    If you're looking for a place to learn how to fly in the Austin area, this is by far the best place in my opinion. They have many well maintained aircraft (C172s, C152s and a complex Piper) that are almost always available due to the size of the fleet, and many highly skilled instructors who are regularly available and flexible to your schedules as well. Even though all of the instructors here are incredibly skilled and fantastic, I personally highly recommend the instructor Lada. I worked with him on my Private Pilot certificate, and he made it simple, straight forward and easy to understand, while also making sure you learn in a safe and positive environment. As long as you show up to your lessons ready to learn and have done what ever studying you have to do, your lessons are fun and you'll want to keep coming back. The best way to see if flying is right for you is to book a "Discovery Flight" from their website. They let me bring my girlfriend and she absolutely loved it as well and may help ease the mind of a nervous spouse.. If you do decide it's your thing, they will (at least they did for me) put the money you paid for the discovery flight towards your flight training making it a no-risk deal. All in all this is the best flight training experience I could have hoped for and Lada was especially helpful in reaching my goals.

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    Thank you for the kind words, Youcef!

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    Thanks Nick for the good review.

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    Went for a intro flight with Geroge it was an experience! It was so much fun. It has sparked my curiosity to possible pursue my license.

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    They are awesome, perfessional and so easy to work with!

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    I purchased a discovery flight to surprise my boyfriend and we were finally able to fly this past weekend!

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    Austin Academy of Aviation - Us after the flight.

    Austin Academy of Aviation

    3.5(17 reviews)
    38.4 km

    I let my 17 year old son get his pilot license during his senior year of high school (2017-2018…read moreschool year). I did a lot of research on flight schools before deciding on AAoA. Virgil invited me, my wife, and my son to meet with him. What impressed me was not that Virgil answered all of our questions and carefully explained everything we were getting into, but that he focused a lot of time on my son, asking him questions and probing his interest and maturity. I came away from our meeting feeling very comfortable placing the life of my son in his hands. My feelings were not misplaced. During my sons instruction, Virgil and his flight instructors were patient, personable, and thorough. Today, my son is college sophomore at LeTourneau University flight program. He is working towards his commercial license, flying on the precision flight team, and has already been hired by an airline. Austin Academy of Aviation played a big part in my sons future.

    I want to give a hug shout out to Austin Academy of Aviation. I scheduled a discovery Flight for…read morethe 4th of Nov for my loved one. He, Enrique, has a big love for planes so I wanted to gift him this experience. Jeff was extremely helpful with questions I had regarding this appointment set up and such. He promptly answered my emails and set up an account & appointment. Due to inclement weather, Enrique was unable to make the flight on his actual birthday but after a few emails with Jeff & Mike (his original flight instructor) they managed to move some things around and set him up the following morning with his flight. His new instructor, Xavier was awesome. He answered questions we had and truly gave my love an amazing flight, instruction & experience. The weather was beautiful and it made for an even better flight. I was so happy to hear all that my love learned and experienced before and during his flight. Thank you AAoA for such an awesome flight. We will definitely be back! I want him to get his pilots license.

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    Coast Flight Training - Coast Flight Texas

    Coast Flight Training

    2.3(3 reviews)
    38.3 km

    Coast Flight Training has been such a great experience!! The atmosphere that has been created has…read morebeen so beneficial to my training experience. I started with my instrument and it took 11 months to finish the rest of my ratings! The program is well designed and is structured in a great way for students to achieve success! The instructors here are very genuine, care about your success, and have lots of knowledge and wisdom to pass onto their students. The student community has also been one of the most important aspects of my time here at Coast. Students make groups and study quite often, which has contributed greatly to my success in this fast paced program.

    ONE OF THE WORST FLIGHT SCHOOLS. The students and instructors are mistreated and the students get…read morescammed on the regular here. This is due to the false advertisement and implication of a "guaranteed" flight instructor position after completion of the program. Over half of the graduates were turned loose and given the cold shoulder after completion of the program. The school really only cares about money and will do anything necessary to get increase profits, including removing instructor benefits (cancellation pay), denying any time off requests, up charging cancellation fees, and kicking out lots of students to bring in new unsuspecting naïve students. Not to mention most of the people that get kicked out are minorities and women. For private alone they charge up to 40-60k for students without including that information in any of their contracts. They push students through the program faster than they are ready and instructors past safety and weather requirements resulting in multiple accidents and incidents. The school urges you to take out at least 100k for their school and 100% of their students have passed the budget way before finishing causing them to either self finance or get kicked out resulting in you paying your loans 3 months after instead of the promised 3 years or grace period. Lastly, Coast treats their program like a part 141 with stage checks, strict scheduling, and a fast paced curriculum, but only offers part 61 training for students. All the BS with none of the benefits. All these problems stem from terrible management and a team of so-called professionals that have no piloting or aviation experience, other than sitting behind a desk. This is just the tip of the iceberg in horrendous things that go on at coast academy. In summary, this school is one of the biggest scams with instructors and students all hating the school.

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