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WHAT IS A DISCOVERY FLIGHT? Horizon Flight Center Graduate - Kim Beckman |
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 Safety is Paramount...
The Cessna Pilot Center kits were really easy to use, they could be done
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“Spread Your Wings”…Gain Real Experience & Have Fun!
“So what do you want to accomplish in 2009, I asked him?”
Asked Mary White, a current Horizon Flight Center Student.
Our relationship was barely a year new. “I want to get my pilot’s
license; I’ve always wanted to fly,” he said. Hmm, I thought, what an
interesting thing to try. “Try” was the operative word for me. Sure I had an
athletic and adventurous spirit but, my personal script also included the lines:
make a good plan, save for a rainy day and safety first. OK, I vowed, age 40
and ambitions to rule the world have come and gone for both of us, so let’s give
this a shot! The first “try” came in the form of a birthday gift to him: 10
flight lessons and I would take them as well, ack!
The Cessna Pilot Center ground school videos allow us learn and while maintaining 2 work
schedules and households. Since HORIZON has numerous Cessna, 172 4-seat
aircraft, we do most of our flights “together” with one flying and one watching.
This is a great way to reinforce learning. Our biggest challenge came when it
was apparent we had diverse learning styles and were progressing at different
rates. I am more the “rock” vs. the “eagle” student and find it important to
know all the details and practice frequently while Mr. Eagle took more naturally
to the feel of the plane in flight. Our instructors, Kyle and Brian,
accommodated our differences and worked with us to find the right fit.
Our most exciting part of our training was the cross country (with instructor)
to the Bahamas (pic). We flew from our quiet “home” regional airport and safely
discovered the amazing world of aviation.
Today, we have only 3 flights left; then we test to get our Private License. We
envision flying as a permanent part of our lives now and plan to move on to get
our IFR ratings. We appreciate all HORIZON has provided and willingly pay for
the many “extras” and comprehensive types of training a Part 141 school and it’s
instructors offer.
My advice? Take a discovery flight with HORIZON and find out what’s waiting for
you “in the air.”
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CESSNA PILOT CENTER ADVANTAGE Cessna's reputation is second to none. With 80 years of aviation excellence, safety and progress Cessna is the worlds leader in general aviation. Choosing to train at a Cessna Pilot Center (CPC) is the best decision any student pilot can make. Cessna Pilot Centers are required to meet and maintain extremely high standards of operations in both safety and pilot training. Cessna Pilot Center advantages include: Cessna's Computer Based Instruction (CBI) is the flight school only standardized integrated curriculum that delivers training consistently worldwide with Private, Instrument and Commercial courses available. Exclusive access to the only computer-based student record management system that tracks progress of pilots every step of the way. Instruction in new and well maintained Cessna Flight School Aircraft. Faster completion times and higher success rates which saves money and produces better pilots. Accelerated Flight Training is our specialty. Exclusive student loan programs that can make learning to fly affordable on a modest budget. Up to 50 College Credit hours though Mountain State University With all of the Cessna support behind each Cessna Pilot Center, such as special aircraft financing, insurance, global marketing programs, field-based seminars, and training managers, its little wonder that more people have learned to fly at Cessna Pilot Center's than anywhere else. Cessna Pilot Center's really do teach the world to fly. Recently, an independent company rated the Cessna Skyhawk 172 and Cessna Skylane 182 the safest flight training airplanes EVER constructed. Horizon Flight School utilizes these flight training aircraft in our training and are required as a Cessna Pilot Center to keep these aircraft within Cessna maintenance standards. Horizon Flight Center is the ONLY Part 141 Cessna Pilot Center within 100 miles of Chesapeake, VA. |
ABOUT HORIZON FLIGHT
SCHOOL Welcome to Horizon Flight Center! Horizon Flight Center is an FAA approved Part 141 Cessna Pilot Center located in the heart of beautiful Chesapeake, Virginia. Horizon Flight Center has the newest Cessna fleet in Virginia with the latest technology providing the safest flight training available. Learning to Fly in the new Garmin G-1000 (Glass Cockpit) is one of the safest flight training aircraft today. Flight training now has a unsurpassed sense of safety with the Garmin G-1000 providing traffic avoidance radar, NEXRAD weather radar, Terrain avoidance, and much more. Horizon Flight Center has been serving the Hampton Roads, Tidewater, and Virginia aviation community for over 16 years and our safety record is impeccable!! Horizon Flight Center, LLC is a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved Part 141 flight training school. As a part 141 flight school, we are required to adhere to the highest standards set forth by the FAA, including the flight training curriculum, the flight instructors, aircraft, facilities, and aircraft maintenance. FAA statistics indicate that a typical student has flown about 75 hours by the time he/she takes the Private Pilot flight test. I just recently ran an audit of our flight graduates from the last two years and The average student at Horizon Flight Center has approximately 38-42 hours of flight time before receiving a Private Pilot Certificate. Did you know that the flight and management staff at Horizon Flight Center have over 75,000 combined flight hours of experience. Additionally, over the past two years we have achieved over a 95 percent first time pass rate on FAA check-rides and knowledge tests for all ratings. We invite you to visit our facilities located at Chesapeake Regional Airport located off West Road in Chesapeake. Our flight school is open 7 days a week from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Horizon Flight Center offers a special $99.00 introductory flight lesson, so why not call or stop by today and make an appointment? We look forward to providing you with quality flight training and serving you as a valued customer. |
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and it was fun to study together. The most important
part of our experience was our instructor. His professionalism and attention to
detail completely alleviated my safety concerns.
I wanted my daughter to experience the flight lessons so she could become used
to flying immediately. Her demeanor and my instructor's expertise allowed my
daughter to join in all of my instructional flights. The experience we gained by
learning to fly has not only been beneficial for my husband and I but also our
daughter. She has learned about flying from the age of three and gained a
perspective on discipline. We have since completed our instrument rating and
began work on our commercial pilot's licenses. The places we've gone,
experiences we’ve had and the knowledge we’ve gained have changed our lives
forever for the better."
I began
thoroughly researching flying and evaluating local flight schools. My search
kept leading me back to HORIZON FLIGHT CENTER. I found a superb level of
professionalism, experience, organization, safety and customer/student focus as
well as an outstanding variety of training programs and fleet of aircraft. My
first conversation with Brian Hough was terrific. He tolerated my rather probing
and obsessive set of questions and over the course of our 30 minute
conversation, I had moved from, “what the heck are you thinking, this is nuts”
to . . . “this sounds terrific and these folks know what they are doing.” 
