Intro to Flying Program

Flight Foundations

If you think you may wish to become an airplane pilot, whether for fun, looking for a challenge or as a career, this program may be for you. It is designed to provide insight into the knowledge required to obtain a pilot’s license by covering some of the basic topics all pilots are required to learn. The combination of ground sessions and one or more familiarization flights may assist participants in assessing the commitment level required to pursue this endeavor.

Flying an airplane is a new dimension and perspective on life. Whether you think you want to be a pilot, or just want to experience something new, being up in the air can inspire new ways of thinking in all areas of your life. The best pilots are always learning.

Objectives & Opportunity

• Get an insight to aviation and what’s involved in training to be a pilot
• Gauge whether to make the commitment to flight training
• Gain a different perspective on the world, and our island home

Group Ground Sessions

1. Aerodynamics, Attitudes, Movements & Controls
2. Preflight Preparation & Flight Instruments
3. Basic Manoeuvres
4. Taxiing, Airports, & Radio Communications
5. Basics of Weather

Intro Flight

• Pre-requisite: Must have completed ground session 1 + reading
• Attitudes, movements, controls
• Pre-flight preparation

Flight 2

• Pre-requisite: Must have completed ground session 2 + reading
• Flight instruments, straight & level flight

Flight 3

• Pre-requisite: Must have completed ground session 3 + reading
• Climbs, Descents, Turns, Attitude + Power = Performance

Check Point Session

• Pathways to being a pilot (Pleasure or career)
• Flight training location options (USA, UK, Canada)
• Pilot Requirements
• Other Aviation Careers
• Further options available on-island: flight simulator, ground school

Location

The ground sessions will be held at a location in town, with all students together. Parents are encouraged to join for the intro and final check point sessions, and invited to join any of the other sessions if they wish.

The familiarization flights will be scheduled individually, and will be from the Blue Sky Flights office at the hangar (directions here).

Flights can be scheduled for the student to fly with their parent (1 parent per flight), or coordinated to pair two students together. If two students are paired together, they would go up in the air twice for each flight – once in the back seat and once in the front seat.

This is not intended as flight training, it is familiarization to a small airplane and the movements you can expect if you were to go away to do flight training. Flights will be conducted by our Commercial Pilots, some of whom hold an FAA flight instructor rating.

Please note our Child Protection Policy, which requires a waiver to be signed if two children fly together without their parent/guardian.

Dates

The ground sessions will run in January/February 2026. We are collecting preferences for a weekday evening or Saturday late afternoon ground sessions, and will go with the majority availability. Please indicate all possible days that you could attend.

Pricing

For our first programs in winter 2026, the pricing will be:

• 5 ground sessions + 3 flights – $1500
• 5 ground sessions + 1 flight – $550

You can register for 1 flight and add the further 2 later if you choose. There will also be an option for flight simulator sessions after the program.

Registration

We can take a maximum of 6 students for the first session, and may extend a second session in February based on applications. We will plan to offer this on a regular basis in future, and continually improve the program based on the first session(s).

This program is open to ages 12-17.

Please register your interest using the following form:

Adults can email us for other available ground training programs and flight options.

Financial Support

We are thrilled that through donations by generous sponsors we some scholarship spots available, intended for young people who may not otherwise be able to attend this program. If you would like to apply, please do so on the form here:

Questions?

Please email heather@blueskybemuda.com