Such an awesome experience !!! Our pilot, Trip, was very…read more knowledgeable, informative, and very professional. Wish the flight was longer....

Great tour this morning. They are professional and my pilot was very informing about the local…read moresites and the aircraft. J recommend anyone wanting to take a tour please call them. Great friendly company.

Heli Aviation really made our first helicopter experience awesome. Starting from their office lobby…read moreto the helicopter tour, everything was just amazing. We took a beach tour, which lasted about 25-30 mins. During the tour, we spotted some sea life from the top, just to get clearer view of it, pilot turned helicopter around for us. This was very special and shows how much they care about their customers. During a flight, I was asking so many questions in genersl and pilot did answered all of them patiently. I highly recommend Heli Aviation. They are very friendly, customer focused and professional.

Took my daughter for a birthday flight. It was both of ours first time and we loved it. The staff…read morewas great and our pilot, Bob, was professional and informative. Sarasota is a beautiful place, even from a bird' eye view. Bob flew us over the Ringling museum, Lido key, and Siesta beach. We saw manatees, dolphins, and sharks. Our experience was amazing and we would recommend Heli Aviation to our friends and family.

I highly recommend Shane and Pearson for any flight training that you might need. I couldn't be…read morehappier with my time with them.

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Sherman is the absolute best. He is as sharp as a tack and has so much experience to share. I enjoy…read moreevery second I get to spend learning from him. His top priorities are to teach you to be a safe and competent pilot.

Best flight school in all of Florida!! Staff and instructors are so professional and helpful…read more Quality flight training at a reasonable price. If you are thinking of becoming an airline pilot or just want to get your private license so you can enjoy just flying around for fun, this is the school for you. Venice airport is a perfect place to learn how to fly. So glad I did my training with a school that really cares about it's students!

I am a full-time executive woman who just randomly decided to take a side quest and get my PPL. My…read moreCFI, Joey Corrado, helped me to get certified in November of last year. His style of training works for me and he seemed to always know when to be choose to be conservative and when to take a risk based on my training and experience. We are now working towards my IFR. St Pete Air has become a home away from home for me. Great community of aviation enthusiasts.

I'm writing this comprehensive review of my year-long PPL training at St. Pete Air to hopefully…read moresave others the frustration, stress, and financial loss I experienced. While working full-time and part-time jobs to fund my dream of flying, I chose St. Pete Air for its cost-effective reputation. Unfortunately, that low cost came with an unacceptable price: a culture of disrespect, dishonesty, and poor leadership that I believe compromises both safety and learning. Chase Brooker - Unprofessional and Unsafe Training Environment: My training began with instructor Chase Brooker, who fostered a "tough guy" persona that translated into a deeply unprofessional and demeaning environment. He would mock mistakes and use verbal insults, including calling me a "queer" for grabbing the yoke with two hands. This hostile commentary makes learning not only unnecessarily stressful but fundamentally unsafe. The breaking point came over a scheduling issue. After 12 consecutive lessons without any cancellations, I had a work emergency and called Chase several hours before our scheduled lesson to cancel--something we had previously discussed as an occasional possibility due to my work commitments. He said it was "no problem," then charged me for two hours of instructor time. When I called to dispute this charge, Chase became confrontational, telling me--and I quote--"you make more money than me and someone has to pay my bills and it might as well be you." He then attempted to "negotiate" down to 45 minutes, treating what should have been professional billing like a shakedown. Management Failure - Danielle Broussard: When I escalated this to management, the response was appalling. Director of Operations Danielle Broussard sided with the instructor, emailing to inform me I was temporarily barred from training with other instructors until they "figured out how to handle the issue." There was no apology, no accountability for the instructor's behavior--just a penalty for speaking up. I was still charged for an hour I never flew. This represents a complete failure of leadership and customer service standards. Financial Dishonesty Continues - Instructor Jack: My second instructor, Jack, was knowledgeable and respectful but continued the pattern of billing irregularities. I personally witnessed him alter a receipt after the fact, physically changing "2.0 hours" to "2.5 hours" after returning from the restroom. On another occasion, when weather forced a flight lesson to become ground instruction, he charged me for two full hours of what amounted to personal war stories with no educational content whatsoever. These practices constitute theft--there's no other way to describe altering receipts and charging for services not rendered. The Exception - Stewart Brackett: The single bright spot in my entire year was instructor Stewart Brackett, who demonstrated the professionalism, respect, and teaching ability that should be standard. He represents what a CFI should be and proves the school could maintain higher standards if management chose to enforce them. Systemic Problems: My experience reveals systemic issues at St. Pete Air. The culture among many young instructors is immature and unprofessional, while management's failure to address serious complaints shows fundamental disrespect for customers. The billing irregularities I witnessed suggest either inadequate oversight or willful ignorance of unethical practices. Final Recommendation: While St. Pete Air offers competitive rental rates for licensed pilots, I strongly advise against using them for training. The financial dishonesty, unprofessional instruction methods, and management's failure to maintain standards make this an unacceptable choice for anyone investing in their aviation education. I completely regret choosing St. Pete Air for my training. I was disrespected, overcharged, and subjected to what I believe were unsafe training conditions. Please take your training investment to a school that values your business, your safety, and maintains basic professional standards.

Amazing flight, I really enjoyed it - Peaceful" 5 of 5 stars…read more My flight was delightful, I chose an early morning flight to avoid the heat of the day and the temp up in the air was perfect! Dane, the pilot, had good communication in preparation for the flight, has a very calm demeanor, explains everything well and gives insightful information during the flight. I bravely took the controls for a little bit! It is a very peaceful experience to see GODS creation from above with no obstructions. I even got to see a few Dolphins and a stingray from up in the sky. This was a once in a lifetime experience and I am certainly glad I did it . To compensate for the fact that I know I get sea sick on boats and have felt a bit queasy on helicopter flights, I took a Dramamine 45 minutes before , followed by the very rare consumption of a cafe latte to counter act the drowsiness that could happen with a Dramamine. Whether it was the the excellence of the flight or the working of my pro active measures, I did not have one second of queasiness, nor did I have one second of fearfulness or was I uncomfortable. Take off and landing was AMAZINGLY smooth. It was so very peaceful. Thank you Dane.

This is ridiculously fun! Dane is a great pilot and allows you to steer the plane over the beach…read moreand bank a couple of turns. The views are great and the experience even better.

A great educational experience in an odd area, but if you're early for class, you can walk or drive…read moreto gaze at the bay. The gift shop is s total hoot, with a varied & very funny selection of cards & the sales items are charming in many ways, unusual & some quite beautiful. The class on Human Design I attended was well-taught, coherent & chock-full of helpful ideas about approaching the topic & learning more - and a class should always leave one wanting to learn more!

I came for a group reading, didn't have the best experience. He seemed to do a lot of fishing for…read moreinformation, and a lot of what he said was off and very generic stuff. I'd give it another try