Your Instructor
Michael Leighton
I built this around the training I wish I'd had. My own start in a traditional flight school was frustrating enough that I spent the next four decades doing the opposite — personalized, accelerated instruction that meets you where you are and moves at your pace.
Over 10,000 hours of dual given, I've taught in everything from a Piper Cub to a Citation jet. I'll come to you, fly your aircraft or mine, in any location, at any time. One size has never fit all in aviation — so I don't teach that way.
The goal isn't just a checkride pass. It's making you a pilot who can confidently handle real-world flying the day the examiner steps out of the airplane.
Accreditation Record
013× Master Certified Flight Instructor — the highest peer-reviewed credential in flight instruction.
0240+ years teaching pilots from first lesson through type ratings.
0310,000+ hours dual given across piston singles, complex, multi, and jets.
04Flight instructor since 1988; published author and resource for pilots.
05A&P mechanic and current IA — aircraft acquisition help available.