Let me preface this review by stating the fact that the week I was scheduled to be at Double Eagle, the weather was not perfect. But, it was for a CPL rating and the weather was very flyable. Based on schedule, and the 3 other reviews, I decided to go to Double Eagle for my CPL rating. I was told that the class consists of a dedicated instructor with 2 hrs in the airplane and 6 hrs ground school every day, with the practical test on the 6th day. I had a few conversations with them, scheduled the date, paid the (non-refundable) deposit, and was told the CFI would contact me with the details of preparation, what to bring, etc. The week before the class I still hadn't heard from the instructor. When I called them, they told me that the instructor assigned to me had quit the day before without any notice and they would assign me a new instructor. I was told that the new instructor was an F16 pilot/instructor. This last part seems really odd since during my discussions with the CFI, he had recently did his CPL (in a C152) and was currently taking a class in College Algebra. I have been a pilot since the 1990's and have owned multiple airplanes, complex & high-performance, that I have flown all over the U.S. The CFI was treating me like a new Private Pilot candidate that he was afraid was going to run us into the ground. In the "ground school" portion, he spent more time talking about flying a traffic pattern than anything else. Opposed to the "dedicated instructor" I was supposed to receive, I was also being cycled into the CFI's schedule with a local PPL student. Instead of starting on Monday, as the schedule stated, the CFI wanted me to be there 9 am Sunday morning to start. That, of course, messed up my whole schedule since I was traveling to Tucson for the training. As for the time allocated to me, instead of the 2/6 (air/ground) per day I received 2.2/2.8 on the first day, 1.4 (all in the pattern)/4.1 on the second day, and 0/2.6 on the third day. On Wednesday morning, with the weather at KTUS stating ceilings of 5500-6000 ft and the practice area clear (picture from when I was driving home is attached), he said the weather was too bad to get the flying time in to be ready for the checkride and wanted to reschedule. I did finish up the CPL elsewhere, not at a "bootcamp" school, with a very smooth practical test. Considering the cost and time, this was the most expensive flight instruction that I have every had and I left with them not even offering me a break on the rescheduled dates, or the option to pick-up where we left off. read more

Double Eagle Aviation - Practice area, by Marana, when the weather was "too bad to fly". - Flight Instruction Near Me - Tucson, Arizona

This is a full service FBO located on the westramp at Tucson International Airport. They have a mechanic on duty, fuel truck, and a flight school. The 2 options for parking are on the ramp and open bay hangars. Reasonable fuel prices. read more

Great place to get your ratings. Completed my commercial and multi engine ratings in a very timely manner. Instructors are knowledgeable and aircraft are well kept. read more

I would never recommend this place to anyone in aviation, not even for photo flights. Go to Marana and train, go to ATP in Tucson, try AlphaAir, or privately hire a CFI and rent a plane somewhere else. There's so many better options. For positives, the place has a few good CFI's. They're just in the wrong place to be working. Each CFI has their own office, the place is clean. Planes are clean. Usually friendly. Negatives. Super low retention rate. Students constantly leave this place. They'll say they have a high passing rate, but that's for students they manage to keep. The owner cancels/ postpones students flight time for photo flights. This happens on many occasions. They charge you for a minimum 1 hour of flight time, even if you go out and fly for 50 minutes. So you are charged for time you never flew. They double charge you. This owner owns the fuel supply, he way over charges. Go to other airports to fill up. They charge about $60 for instruction time and give the instructors less than half of that per hour. Bad morals here, the owner lies to his own workers. He will lie straight to students faces and tell them what they want to hear to keep your business. They want your business. This school is not accredited, which is awful when you do taxes and realize you spent $15,000. Another pricing issue, they'll change the prices without giving each student a personal notice about pricing changes. If you need a plane, expect to wait 10 minutes to fuel it. They charge you for that time too. Planes should be fueled. If you fly at night, there's cheap Amazon lights outside that don't clearly light the hangar. Owner has issues at every airport. That's a good sign not to trust his business. read more

I just passed my IFR today @ their new location at Ryan airfield. I did the 5 day, since I had all my requirements in before coming out & life got in the way to finish in CA @ my home airport. First off, everyone there was great & Mike was my CFI to get me through. He really prepared me for it all, the hardest part for me was getting used to a 430 again. Other than that, I had studied like crazy before coming out & I'm so glad I did!! I'd be so wiped by the end of the day, studying was like looking at a blank page! Not sure if that's just me, but for this 5 day I would recommend being ready for the oral. I came in prepared with realistic expectations, I know this is a hard rating. I also want to recommend staying at Cat Mountain lodge 10 min from the airport. It's a really nice B&B & a perfect place to relax instead of a hotel. They give you $10 breakfast vouchers for across the street. On my early days, they weren't open yet. When I could go, they'd make me lunch while I ate breakfast. Oh yeah, BIG heads up about food!! Go grocery shopping or you'll be stuck eating whatever Circle K has pre-packaged for you or you'll starve. It was intensive, I brought lunch & ate it when I could. Coffee they'll have you covered :) My experience was great!! read more

Great experience with my 10 day IFR training. Very professional staff and environment with a well maintained fleet. Being from out of state and not able to check out the company in person prior to enrolling in the course, I called 3 or 4 different times in the months leading up to my decision on which flight school to go with. Each time I called, Jim or Tim were both able to answer my questions and put my mind at ease. Of the other flight schools that I spoke with prior to my decision, I did not get the same vibe. Day 1 of the course, I knew that I had made the correct decision. My instructor, Scott Gordon, was very professional, knowledgeable, efficient, and patient. Inspecting the logbook prior to even seeing the plane, I could tell that they used quality, well-maintained equipment. I was not disappointed when we went out to the plane for the first flight. I look forward to returning in the future for more of my ratings. read more

I've been flying with Madison Reynolds at Double Eagle Aviation for the past few weeks and I don't think I could have asked for a better instructor! Madison genuinely cares about her students and is more than willing to put in the time and effort to help them get where they want. She was respectful of both my time and money! I would highly recommend Madison for anyone interested in learning to fly. read more

Did the 5Day CPL course. Tim and the team at Double Eagle were great to work with. The course was challenging and prepared me well for the checkride (which I passed). I highly recommend. read more

Great flight school. Did 5 day commercial accelerated program. Chief pilot Sam was a good instructor. Told me the first day that I would be leaving with my CPL day 5 and that's what I did. Tucson is a great location to train and double eagle's accelerated program worked! Would highly recommend it them if you are trying to do an accelerated program! read more

Double Eagle Aviation - Flight Instruction Near Me - Tucson, Arizona

Just completed my IFR finish up course with them. It actually took 7 days. Wasn't happy about that but it wasn't their fault as a DPE wasn't available until the 7th day. I came in with 38 hour of Instrument time. Flew a bunch in their C172M and C172N both 430W aircraft. Also put in a bunch of sim time to firm up what we did in the airplane. Their instructors and owner are very dedicated to seeing you pass and went above and beyond to make sure I was ready for the check-ride. We did a bunch of ground and flying. This is a well run and dedicated group of pilots. Highly recommend! read more

Took the FAA written exam here, they were very professional and had a nice set up. I talked about doing my flight training here with them, and was told they only do accelerated training, which didn't work with my work schedule. I will be back to take my future written exams here, but I found a great school at KAVQ that was more than happy to accommodate my work schedule and provide great training. read more