Every flight should have a reason behind it.

Here is how training works at Tiger Aviation, whatever certificate you are working toward. You prepare before you fly, so airplane time is spent flying, not discovering what today's lesson is. Every flight has a clear objective. Every flight ends with an honest debrief. And if you are struggling with something, our job is to figure out why and change the approach, not to have you fly it five more times and hope.

Discovery Flight

The first step, and the easiest one.

A discovery flight is a short introductory lesson with an instructor. You will handle the controls, see how a lesson actually works, and get a feel for whether flying is something you want to pursue.

It is $150 flat. That covers 30 minutes of flight time and about two hours with an instructor, so there is real time to ask questions before and after you fly.

There is no commitment attached. It is also the best way to meet the person who would be teaching you before you spend real money on training.

If it clicks, we sit down and talk through what a training plan would look like for you.

Private Pilot

Your first certificate: pilot in command.

A private pilot certificate lets you fly yourself and your passengers almost anywhere in the country. It is the foundation every other rating builds on, so we take it seriously.

Training moves through stages: learning to control the airplane, flying it precisely, your first solo, cross-country flying, and finally polishing everything to checkride standard. Before every flight you will know what we are working on and why. After every flight you will know, honestly, how it went.

No prior experience required. A medical certificate is needed before solo, and we will point you to the right steps early so nothing holds you up.

Instrument Rating

Fly capably when the weather is not perfect.

An instrument rating teaches you to fly by reference to instruments: in clouds, in low visibility, and in the conditions that ground a private pilot. It is the rating that makes an airplane genuinely useful for travel.

It is also where judgment matters most. We spend real time on weather decisions, planning, and knowing when the right call is not to go, because an instrument rating is not a license to fly through anything.

For private pilots who want to fly more reliably and more safely. Much of the groundwork happens before the engine ever starts.

Commercial Pilot

Fly to a professional standard.

A commercial certificate lets you be paid to fly. The flying itself becomes more precise, and the expectations become professional: consistent standards, sharper decision making, and a deeper understanding of the airplane.

If your goal is a flying career, this is where the habits that matter get built. We train you like the professional you are becoming, not like someone checking boxes toward minimum hours.

For pilots working toward a career or simply toward mastery. We will map the requirements against where you are today.

Safety is a decision-making skill.

Safe flying is not a slogan on a wall. It comes from preparation, knowing your airplane, reading the weather honestly, understanding your own limits, and being willing to say no. No to a flight, to a shortcut, or to a plan that no longer makes sense.

That is what we train. Sometimes the most valuable lesson is the one where we cancel the flight and talk through why. The goal is not a pilot who is afraid to fly. The goal is a pilot who knows when flying is appropriate and when it is not.

Instructor and student reviewing a checklist together in the cockpit

What it costs.

You pay for the airplane, the instructor, and fuel at actual cost. Nothing else.

Aircraft rental

$115/hour

Our Piper Warrior, billed on the Hobbs meter. This is a dry rate: fuel is billed separately at what it actually costs, not folded into a padded hourly number.

Flight & ground instruction

$55/hour

One rate for instruction, in the airplane or on the ground. No club membership, no insurance surcharge, no fee for the briefing before and after your flight.

Discovery flight

$150 flat

30 minutes of flight time and about two hours with an instructor. No commitment attached. It is the best way to find out if flying is for you.

Not sure where you fit?

That is normal. Tell us where you are, whether that is brand new, partway through training, or coming back after time away, and we will help you find the right next step.