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Key Takeaways:

  • American Flyers is a well-established flight training company (since 1939) focused on comprehensive pilot education, achieving high completion rates, and lowering training costs and time.
  • They emphasize a "ground and practice in the air" philosophy, integrating extensive simulator use and a "Flying Professor Courseware" (FPC) with Microsoft Flight Simulator X for efficient, home-based learning.
  • These innovative programs aim to significantly reduce the cost and time for pilot licenses (e.g., $3,000-$5,000 savings), making flight training more affordable and accessible.
  • The company further supports pilots with initiatives like a free virtual pilot course, affordable lifelong recurrent training, and new digital platforms such as an aviation iPad app and the upcoming free streaming site, pilot.tv.
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(June 2011) A lot of pilots have heard the name American Flyers. After all, the company has been in business for more than 60 years. But not every pilot knows that the company has grown to the point that it today can provide just about every kind of flight training imaginable to just about every kind of pilot — from aspiring airline pilots to private pilot hopefuls. American Flyers prides itself on having a course to fit the bill. In the past few years, the school has come up with new programs that lower the cost of its flight training substantially. And while the flight training market has been tough these past few years, American Flyers has made significant investments in developing new courseware and other innovative training-related products.

American Flyers opened its doors in 1939 and pioneered the use of simulators.

Pia Bergqvist

Pia Bergqvist joined FLYING in December 2010. A passionate aviator, Pia started flying in 1999 and quickly obtained her single- and multi-engine commercial, instrument and instructor ratings. After a decade of working in general aviation, Pia has accumulated almost 3,000 hours of flight time in nearly 40 different types of aircraft.

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